Wall Street Blues
About Wall Street Blues
Janitor Billy Bevan and cashier Sid Smith both hang around Dora Cary, daughter of brokerage boss H. L. Cary (Andy Clyde). Loan shark Carl Kopeck (Jack Richardson) and his partner Mal A. Mute (Vernon Dent) set out to ruin Cary so Kopeck can force Dora to marry him. Edgar Kennedy's thieves pile in as well. Bevan's interference, a rope gag that leaves Cary hanging out a window, and a car sent toward a seaside cliff break the scheme up.
Cast & crew
More about Wall Street Blues
Del Lord directed the two-reeler for Mack Sennett. F. Richard Jones was production manager. Jack Wagner did the comedy construction, Pinto Colvig the gags, and John A. Waldron the intertitles. Pathé Exchange released it on 10 August 1924. A view of the Majestic Theatre in downtown Los Angeles appears in the film.
Themes
Making
George Spear was the cameraman, with special cinematography by Ernie Crockett. Pinto Colvig supplied gags and also drew animation inserts.
Look
George Spear shot the short. Ernie Crockett is credited with special cinematography.
Preservation
16mm reduction prints survive in private collections.
Notes
- Natalie Kingston plays Dora Cary. Barbara Pierce plays the brokerage secretary.
- Leo Sulky is billed both as a $100,000 investor and as the police captain.
- Vernon Dent's loan-shark partner is named Mal A. Mute.
- Pinto Colvig, later the voice of Disney's Goofy, also did animation inserts.
- William Hornbeck edited it.
- The picture is in the public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- Andy Clyde's boss hangs from a rope outside the office window.
- A car is run toward the edge of a seaside cliff.
- Edgar Kennedy's gang tries to rob the brokerage while the loan shark works on Cary.
