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What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? (1942) - Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames

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Paul Pain:

--- Quote from: metaldams on January 01, 2021, 09:01:12 AM ---As far as being a Columbia short, pretty entertaining.  The washroom and bowling stuff has some pretty messy and destructive slapstick and reminded me of some of the real old Sennett stuff in spirit - think DOUGH AND DYNAMITE, one of the better Chaplin Keystones.  Just destructive and messy for the heck of it, I’m not complaining.

      Elsie Ames was a gifted physical comedian who should have been allowed to star on her own and develop her own style in film.  At least working with Keaton she can do compatible scenes as far as the physical comedy goes - if not character.  But Langdon?  Forget it.  Not even remotely a match.

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I agree wholeheartedly with these two paragraphs.

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