Sat 23 May 2015
A Western Movie Review by Walter Albert: TWO-FISTED (1935).
Posted by Steve under Films: Comedy/Musicals , Reviews[2] Comments
TWO-FISTED. Paramount, 1935. Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Grace Bradley, Kent Taylor, Gall Patrick, Akim Tamiroff, Florence Lake, Irving Bacon. Director: James Cruze. Shown at Cinefest 18, Liverpool NY, March 1998.
A nifty little programmer with Tracy as the fight manager of none-two-swift (except in hitting the canvas) Roscoe Karns. Hap and Chick agree to take a temporary job in the home of a millionaire whose rascally brother-in-law wants to get custody of his sister’s young son.
Hap will train Clint (Kent Taylor) to be a fighter and stand up to his brother-in-law. Then Clint, falling from grace and landing in a bottle, bets with brother-in-law George that Chick can defeat his chauffeur in a friendly boxing match, whose outcome will decide the custody of the boy.
An attractive cast, with Grace Bradley as Maria, the maid for whom Chick falls, a cute and funny foil for Karns.
May 23rd, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Roscoe Karns as a boxer? Okay.
Tracy did a lot of this kind of film, no one but maybe Lynn Overman could be quite as attractively barely competent and smart at the same time.
This sounds like one of those fun little B’s that used to pop up on the afternoon movie or late at night when I was a kid and now have to be hunted down like rare gems.
May 23rd, 2015 at 5:17 pm
A rare gem is right. There is only one user comment on IMDb, and no external review (until this one shows up).
Turns out that this movie was based on a play called IS ZAT SO?, co-written by James Gleason, the actor, way back in 1925. It was first made into a film in 1927, with George O’Brien and Edmund Lowe as the two leading players.