Picking Peaches
About Picking Peaches
Harry (Harry Langdon), a shoe clerk, steps out with a customer (Dot Farley). His wife (Alberta Vaughn) and the customer's husband (Kewpie Morgan) catch them at the beach and again at a beauty contest. The wife enters the contest in a mask and wins. On Monday the winner comes to the shop for the prize, a wardrobe.
Cast & crew
More about Picking Peaches
Erle C. Kenton directed. Mack Sennett produced. George Spear photographed it, with special photography by Ernie Crockett. John A. Waldron wrote the intertitles. Pinto Colvig is also credited with the writing. Pathé Exchange released the two-reeler on 3 February 1924. A full copy runs 24 minutes. Vernon Dent plays the store manager. It is described as Langdon's first film. A 35mm print is in the Raymond Rohauer collection at Cohen Media Group. Public domain in the United States.
Themes
Making
Sennett built Langdon's first short as separate sketches: the shoe store, the beach, and the contest, then tied them with the masked wife.
Look
George Spear shot the store and the beach. Ernie Crockett is credited for special photography.
Preservation
A 35mm print is in the Raymond Rohauer collection at Cohen Media Group. A circulating copy runs 24 minutes. Public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Ethel Teare plays a friend of Harry's wife. Andy Clyde is an uncredited nearsighted customer.
- Marceline Day is one of the bathing beauties. Alice Day is an uncredited secretary.
- Silent Era's release date is 3 February 1924. Another listing says 2 February.
- The prize that brings the masked winner back to the shop is a full wardrobe.
- Irene Lentz plays the store manager's wife.
Scenes
- Harry and the customer are caught at the beach.
- His wife, in a mask, wins the contest.
- The winner walks into the shoe store on Monday for the wardrobe.
