Sherlock Sleuth

1925
20m

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Christian J. Frank, Marjorie Whiteis, Dick Gilbert, and Arthur Stone in Sherlock Sleuth (1925)

Arthur Stone stars as Cyril Fromage, the house detective of the Hotel Omigosh. Martha Sleeper is his sweetheart, the hotel switchboard operator, with Noah Young on board as the house manager... Read allArthur Stone stars as Cyril Fromage, the house detective of the Hotel Omigosh. Martha Sleeper is his sweetheart, the hotel switchboard operator, with Noah Young on board as the house manager. It seems a dastardly thief, "The Weasel," is on the loose in the hotel, assisted by a su... Read allArthur Stone stars as Cyril Fromage, the house detective of the Hotel Omigosh. Martha Sleeper is his sweetheart, the hotel switchboard operator, with Noah Young on board as the house manager. It seems a dastardly thief, "The Weasel," is on the loose in the hotel, assisted by a sultry vamp. The action that follows, and there is plenty of it, concerns Cyril's efforts to... Read all

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Hold the Lion, Please

With the sudden and runaway success of Harry Langdon over at Sennett, Hal Roach figured he needed to get himself one of them too, so he cast Arthur Stone in the role.

He needn't have bothered. Stone, while a capable actor and comedian, didn't have what Langdon did: twenty years' experience in playing the role. What were Roach gag writers supposed to do with their strengths in character-based farce, with a character who seemingly had none? Throw all the standard gags, including a lion, into the mix and hope something stuck.

What sticks is what happened in Langdon's movies when he carried things too far: the character ceased to be naively funny, but simply clueless and annoying.

H.M. Walker's titles are as good as ever -- startlingly funny, especially when contrasted with the below-standard visuals. Martha Sleeper as a gum-chewing cigar counter girl is also excellent. Roach had hired her from the Buddy Messinger unit at Universal for Our Gang and found that she was far too mature for the kids. She's fine here, if unrecognizable except for her sparkling eyes.