OK, first off, speaking of masterpieces, I do hope LIMOUSINE LOVE is still up when we get there chronologically. I just watched it and that one is a treat. But that’s for a later date.
As for JEFFRIES, JR. - a lot of fun. It takes advantage of the fact that Chase was a real thin guy and it’s funny trying to watch him man up. I’m sure you guys know whenever Curly did the wet sponge gag with his legs to pad them up, the skinnier legs shown before were actually Chase’s. But yeah, his frailness works with a weak character, which leads to the running gag with the glasses. Whenever a physical threat happens, be it Leo Willis, a dog, or his wife, out come the glasses because you can’t hit a man with glasses. Also a lot of fun watching Chase attempt boxing in such a comic way and the mirror gag after being hit by Jeffries is the best gag in the short. But overall, a fun showcase to enjoy one simple dimension of Chase’s character. A good short.
….and yes, as much as I notice that as the years turn to decades the former old ladies all the sudden look like dating material, the opposite happens for the younger ones. This Ena Gregory, she’s about sixteen or seventeen here. It’s amazing how young some of these leading ladies are, but more so in Chase shorts. Yes, I know Martha Sleeper is coming up and she’s another one when I was shocked about her age.
