"Crack-Up" is a short adventure film which looks cheap in pretty much every way. The acting isn't great and the plot, well, it's odd.
The film begins with Dave's little brother somehow starting and airplane and taking off. Considering the kid looks about 4, this is odd and strains your sense of disbelief. Well, in a ridiculous stunt, Dave steals a plane and manages to jump onto the runaway plane and save his brother. But the guy whose plane he took is a baddie and decides to then convict Dave of a robbery he didn't commit AND send his little brother to an orphanage! The only one who can save them is Flash the dog!
The makers of the film were obviously trying to cash in on Rin-Tin-Tin's success in films. But this German Shepherd isn't quite as photogenic and his co-stars aren't much either. Overall, a ridiculous story that even in 1934 must have caused a few groans.
The film begins with Dave's little brother somehow starting and airplane and taking off. Considering the kid looks about 4, this is odd and strains your sense of disbelief. Well, in a ridiculous stunt, Dave steals a plane and manages to jump onto the runaway plane and save his brother. But the guy whose plane he took is a baddie and decides to then convict Dave of a robbery he didn't commit AND send his little brother to an orphanage! The only one who can save them is Flash the dog!
The makers of the film were obviously trying to cash in on Rin-Tin-Tin's success in films. But this German Shepherd isn't quite as photogenic and his co-stars aren't much either. Overall, a ridiculous story that even in 1934 must have caused a few groans.
