Comedy

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

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Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 American short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Comedy).

Release Date : 1931-11-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Bobby Clark

Character Name :

Original Name : Bobby Clark

Gender : Male

Paul McCullough

Character Name :

Original Name : Paul McCullough

Gender : Male

James Finlayson

Character Name :

Original Name : James Finlayson

Gender : Male

Phil Dunham

Character Name :

Original Name : Phil Dunham

Gender : Male

Charlotte Ogden

Character Name :

Original Name : Charlotte Ogden

Gender : Male

Walter Brennan

Character Name :

Original Name : Walter Brennan

Gender : Male

Robert Graves

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert Graves

Gender : Male

Constantine Romanoff

Character Name :

Original Name : Constantine Romanoff

Gender : Male

Charlie Hall

Character Name :

Original Name : Charlie Hall

Gender : Male

Vince Barnett

Character Name :

Original Name : Vince Barnett

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-11

Hmmm. I struggled a bit with this. Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough find themselves arriving, Cleopatra-style, in a gymnasium where they encounter a man pleasantly enjoying a steam bath. In the course of their rather strained antics, they manage to trap him in the machine with the steam and the freeze settings on full blast! Meantime, "Sandow" (Charlotte Ogden) is under huge pressure to get wealthy industrialist "Clackworthy" to sign an insurance policy. Her team are so useless she reckons any old man off the street could do a better job. Guess who gets picked? They are misdirected to the home of "Gilfoil" (James Finlayson) who is President of the very same insurance company and Clark convinces him to buy a $100,000 policy whilst his pal works on his guest. They don't quite use persuasion and rational chat, they use wrestling - and pretty soon a combination of pain, panic and the ruination of his home ensures that "Gilfoil" signs and his mate, well it turns out that they've met before! The dialogue is relentless and though there is the odd wise-crack in there to raise a smile, there just isn't nearly enough to sustain this story. It's disjointed and at times quite irritating and though I didn't hate it, I doubt I'll ever watch it again.