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Scratch-As-Catch-Can

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5.0/10 • 4

1931-11-060h 19m

Comedy

Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 American short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Comedy).

Directors
Mark Sandrich
Editors
Ted Cheesman

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  1. Bobby Clark

    Bobby Clark

  2. Paul McCullough

    Paul McCullough

  3. James Finlayson

    James Finlayson

  4. Phil Dunham

    Phil Dunham

  5. Charlotte Ogden

    Charlotte Ogden

  6. Walter Brennan

    Walter Brennan

  7. Robert Graves

    Robert Graves

  8. Constantine Romanoff

    Constantine Romanoff

  9. Charlie Hall

    Charlie Hall

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CinemaSerf

Feb 11, 2024

5/10

Hmmm. I struggled a bit with this. Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough find themselves arriving, Cleopatra-style, in a gymnasium where they encounter a man pleasantly enjoying a steam bath. In the course of their rather strained antics, they manage to trap him in the machine with the steam and the freeze settings on full blast! Meantime, "Sandow" (Charlotte Ogden) is under huge pressure to get wealthy industrialist "Clackworthy" to sign an insurance policy. Her team are so useless she reckons any old man off the street could do a better job. Guess who gets picked? They are misdirected to the home of "Gilfoil" (James Finlayson) who is President of the very same insurance company and Clark convinces him to buy a $100,000 policy whilst his pal works on his guest. They don't quite use persuasion and rational chat, they use wrestling - and pretty soon a combination of pain, panic and the ruination of his home ensures that "Gilfoil" signs and his mate, well it turns out that they've met before! The dialogue is relentless and though there is the odd wise-crack in there to raise a smile, there just isn't nearly enough to sustain this story. It's disjointed and at times quite irritating and though I didn't hate it, I doubt I'll ever watch it again.

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    English
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    Keywords
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