Film vs Film
Select two cult films to compare side by side.
Our Alley Synopsis
Bobby and his little companion are living very luxuriously in an old piano case which they have fitted up. They are routed from their home by an unfeeling policeman and in attempting to escape from his clutches be come involved in a series of difficulties. They see two men extracting money from passing motorists by feigning to be hurt, and in attempting to work the same trick become more deeply involved with the officers of the law. They finally seek refuge in a house where a charming girl proves both sympathetic and kind, feeding and clothing the two wanderers. Later on, to their dismay, they discover her to be the daughter of the policeman who started all their difficulties, and when he finally finds them in his home things, for a while, look rather black. All ends happily, however, with Bobby a member of the force, and an accepted suitor for the hand of his benefactors daughter, while the youngster who has shared his ups and downs with him is installed as a member of officer Clancy's household.
An Amateur Devil Synopsis
Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an inexperienced dullard.
"Our Alley" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "An Amateur Devil" offers its own unique cult appeal.
Suggested Watch:
Our AlleyBoth films share