Yet another "lost Pathe comedy" from Alpha video. This one is about a man (Nat Carr) with a decidedly Yiddish accent, who buys a new car. After getting across the street to the dealership with a dog dressed as a baby (don't ask)he gets into an accident, only to find that the dealer didn't sign him up for insurance. Nat's troubles are only beginning. He then brings the car home and decides to take his wife and two bratty sons on a camping trip. Hilarity ensues when he gets in trouble with not, one, but THREE cops. (BTW, he never makes it to that camping trip.) Unfunny and dull, the film claims to have Bud Jamison (of Three Stooges fame) in it. Well, if he was in it, I sure didn't see him and I was not going to torture myself again watching this horrible comedy. However, I think the guy playing the first cop was Nat Pendelton, but the cast list is sketchy at best, so we'll never know.I now understand why these shorts were "lost".
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Carr's Car
boblipton25 November 2021
Nat Carr has bought a new car and takes his family on what he imagines will be a pleasure ride.
It's directed from Fred Guiol, early in the diaspora from Hal Roach's studio, and he borrows a lot from the comedies produced there in the silent era: not only the auto-based comedies (which, admittedly, were common to all comedy studios, but particularly well done at Roach), but the Jewish Family comedies; Max Davidson had starred in well-remembered series in which Spec O'Donnell had appeared.
Nat is fairly good in the role, but this runs a little slow for my taste. Guiol seemed to have trouble dealing with the constant cranking speed of sound picture. Don't worry about his career, though! He became a leading member of George Stevens' production team.
It's directed from Fred Guiol, early in the diaspora from Hal Roach's studio, and he borrows a lot from the comedies produced there in the silent era: not only the auto-based comedies (which, admittedly, were common to all comedy studios, but particularly well done at Roach), but the Jewish Family comedies; Max Davidson had starred in well-remembered series in which Spec O'Donnell had appeared.
Nat is fairly good in the role, but this runs a little slow for my taste. Guiol seemed to have trouble dealing with the constant cranking speed of sound picture. Don't worry about his career, though! He became a leading member of George Stevens' production team.
Surprisingly enjoyable.
planktonrules31 July 2018
The reason I say this short comedy is surprisingly enjoyable is that it comes on a DVD of mostly very unfunny shorts from Pathé...yet, somehow, "Traffic Tangle" isn't bad at all....and is worth seeing.
Nat Carr stars in this comedy and he plays a very stereotypically ethnic character. When the story begins, he's trying to cross the street--leading to a very cute bit involving a Boston Terrier. In the next scene, the proud man has returned home to show off his new car and to take the family for a drive. Not surprisingly, he gets into trouble again and again with the police while driving.
There are no huge gags here but instead there's a nearly constant stream of enjoyable bits....bits that are clever and cute. Not a great short by any stretch, but it is enjoyable and well made.
Nat Carr stars in this comedy and he plays a very stereotypically ethnic character. When the story begins, he's trying to cross the street--leading to a very cute bit involving a Boston Terrier. In the next scene, the proud man has returned home to show off his new car and to take the family for a drive. Not surprisingly, he gets into trouble again and again with the police while driving.
There are no huge gags here but instead there's a nearly constant stream of enjoyable bits....bits that are clever and cute. Not a great short by any stretch, but it is enjoyable and well made.
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