Clunked on the Corner
About Clunked on the Corner
Newsboy Handy Andy, played by Johnny Burke, spots wanted man Jip Bennett on the front page he is selling. Bennett slips away. His partner Necklace Nell bumps Andy on the sidewalk and plants a stolen pearl necklace in his pocket while the shopkeeper is watching. She asks him home. He thinks it is a date, and he walks into the thieves' hideout as the police close in.
Cast & crew
More about Clunked on the Corner
Harry Edwards directed and, with Curtis Benton, wrote the story. Mack Sennett produced it as Sennett number 321. Pathé Exchange released it on 6 January 1929 under the Mack Sennett Comedies banner. William Williams photographed the two reels. William Hornbeck edited. Working titles were Handy Andy Series, No. 3, Trouble Galore, and Kissed on the Corner.
Themes
Making
Pathé put the short out to meet Sennett's releasing schedule while the studio was preparing sound production.
Look
William Williams shot the two reels in black and white at 1.33:1.
Music
Silent, with intertitles by Alfred M. Loewenthal.
Preservation
Silent Era records that a print exists. The short is in the public domain in the United States.
Notes
- It is the third short in the Handy Andy series.
- Carmelita Geraghty plays Necklace Nell. Vernon Dent plays Jip Bennett. Andy Clyde is a bearded customer. Edgar Dearing is a policeman. Art Rowlands is a paper customer. Jules Hanft is a motorist.
- Alfred M. Loewenthal wrote the intertitles. Tenny Wright was assistant director. John A. Waldron supervised production. Margaret Schuman designed the costumes.
- Silent Era lists the properties men as William Dale and Johnny Huff, and the technician as Paul Guerin.
- Thelma Hill is only a queried name on the Silent Era cast list, not a confirmed role.
- It is a black-and-white silent comedy at 1.33:1, released after many theaters had already switched to sound.
Scenes
- Nell bumps Andy on the sidewalk and slips the stolen pearls into his pocket.
- Andy arrives for what he thinks is a date and finds Bennett's hideout as the police arrive.
Also available
- Internet Archive (SennettsClunkedOnTheCornerJohnnyBurkeThelmaHillCarmelitaGeraghty)
