Jimmy's New Yacht

"Jimmy's New Yacht" is a short produced by Mack Sennett for Paramount and is directed by Del Lord...a man most famous for directing Three Stooges shorts.

In this film, a young lady is being wooed by two men.... Everett (Franklin Pangborn) and Jimmy (Ray Cooke). Everett is a college football hero...which is impossible to believe since the effete Pangborn plays the character. As for Jimmy, he just bought himself a boat...though oddly he calls it a yacht. It is NOT a yacht...it's a tiny dingy. But when he inexplicably invites his girlfriend and her family to go on his boat, suddenly the very obnoxious potential mother-in-law begins inviting lots of folks to come along as well...not knowing if the boat is large enough (which it clearly ISN'T) or if she has a right to do this in the first place. What's next? See the film.

This film certainly is no laugh riot. But it is pleasant and entertaining and worth your time if you like old time comedy shorts.

Ray Cooke buys a small boat with an outboard motor. He invites Marjorie Kane for a ride. Her parents think it's a yacht. They invite themselves along, and about a dozen others, including their preferred suitor for Marjorie, Franklin Pangborn.

Over all, it was a funny movie, with a mixed bag of gags, some good, some poor. Del Lord directs the sequences well, although they don't quite hang together -- Pangborn's slow reactions don't jibe well with other players' comedy style. Still, there was enough to keep me amused.