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Here comes 'Dodo' Aug 19, 2010
By Annie Van Auken
ALPHA VIDEO offers bargain priced, often hard-to-find vintage movies that are ideal for those willing to skip DVD extras. Their transfers show no evidence of restoration, so quality varies from one title to the next, with "fair to good" being the average.
The diminutive star of HERE COMES TROUBLE, William Tracy bears a resemblance to stop motion animating pioneer Charlie Bowers. He also looks a bit like a young Jack Haley. This HAL ROACH comedy that was distributed by UNITED ARTISTS was one of their last before the company shifted almost completely to television production.
Although Tracy is good here, co-star Emory Parnell is absolutely outstanding. His coordination with complex physical "business" is really surprising. In one highlight, Tracy (as 'Dodo' Doubleday) gives his news editor boss 'Windy' Blake (Parnell) a cigar that was a gift to him (Dodo) from the office joker. Blake lights it, steams over some nonsense, slams his office door and the glass shatters. We see Blake glaring at the door from within his office and suddenly the cigar explodes, shredding into a perfect daisy pattern. Parnell's reaction makes this moment quite hilarious.
The story is straightforward--
Windy is being blackmailed by burlesque star Bubbles LaRue (Woodbury). He sends annoying future son-in-law Dodo to the theater with enough cash to buy LaRue's incriminating diary. While Dodo is visiting her dressing room, negotiations are interrupted by a knock at the door. He hides in the washroom so Bubbles can see who it is. A man with a pistol forces his way into her room and as Dodo cowers in the john, the unseen assailant kills Bubbles.
The balance is a frantic 'who's got the diary?' skirmish, with two bad guys, plus the cops and Windy, chasing Dodo all over the stage and wings during a show in progress. The audience thinks their struggles are part of the night's entertainment and have a fun time watching trouserless Dodo swing across the stage on a rope, plus other bits of physical comedy. This chaotic sequence is reminiscent of the climax of Buster Keaton's SPEAK EASILY (1932).
Despite having fallen into obscurity, "Here Comes Trouble" is a little gem of a farce that's well worth seeing, thanks to a most able cast, a fast pace and some good sight gags.
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.
(5.5) Here Comes Trouble (1948) - Wiliam Tracy/Joe Sawyer/Emory Parnell/Betty Compson/Joan Woodbury (uncredited: Margaret Roach/Charles Middleton/Stanley Prager)
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