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Edgar Kennedy Two-Reeler Comedy Collection (1933)
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Starring: Dot Farley, Arthur Housman, Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Vivian Oakland, Jack Rice
Director: Lloyd French, Alf Goulding, Ben Holmes, Arthur Ripley, Charle E. Roberts, Harry Sweet, Hal Yates
Category: Comedy
Studio: VCI Home Video/ Magic Lantern
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Length:
180 mins

 
 

 

The King of the Slow-Burn Routine!

American comic actor Edgar Kennedy began his film career working for Max Sennett on the Keystone comedies. He later moved over to Hal Roach Studios, where he developed his stock-in-trade "slow burn" routine. In 1931 he wound up at RKO Studios where he starred in a total of 103 two-reelers, unofficially titled "Mr. Average Man." These short films, precursors to the TV sitcoms of the 1950s, cast Kennedy as the head of a zany family, which included his ditzy wife (usually played by Florence Lake, sister of Arthur "Dagw