In this 20-minute (on original 1936 release and probably still is) Education short, Bert (Bert Lahr)is a college cheerleader who can not get up the courage to propose to his co-ed girlfriend, Florence Hazbrook (Joan Castle). Dick (Roy Roberts, his room-mate gives him advice which Bert follows and Florence accepts his proposal.
Is it worth your twenty minutes? If you like old-school slapstick and seeing Bert Lahr do his classic panicked routine, sure. You’ll probably hate this if you have zero patience for 1930s dialogue that moves at the speed of a runaway train. It’s basically a snapshot of a different era where people talked like they were...
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"Is it worth your twenty minutes? If you like old-school slapstick and seeing Bert Lahr do his classic panicked routine, sure. You’ll probably hate this if you have zero patience for 1930s dialogue that moves at the speed of a runaway train. It’s basically a snapshot of a different era where people talked like they were reading from a telegraph. Watching Bert Lahr try to act like a normal college guy is hilarious because he can't stop being Bert Lahr. He’s all jittery energy, like he just drank ..."
Joan Castle
David Freedman, Arthur L. Jarrett, Marcy Klauber
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