Trolley car conductor Clyde Jones (Clyde Cook) and bus conductor "Terrible Bill" Jones (William Demarest) are arch rivals for the hand of coffee-shop owner Mary Smith (Louise Fazenda).
The immediate question for an old silent picture like "Pay as You Enter" is always: is it worth finding today? Well, if you have a soft spot for the frenetic, often clumsy charm of 1920s slapstick, then yeah, absolutely give this one a look. Anyone needing modern pacing or crisp dialogue will probably find it a bit of ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lloyd Bacon
Hal Roach
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"The immediate question for an old silent picture like "Pay as You Enter" is always: is it worth finding today? Well, if you have a soft spot for the frenetic, often clumsy charm of 1920s slapstick, then yeah, absolutely give this one a look. Anyone needing modern pacing or crisp dialogue will probably find it a bit of a slog, but for silent film buffs or just folks curious about early Hollywood's comedic energy, there's some gold here. This film drops us right into a rather silly, yet intense, r..."
Darryl F. Zanuck, Fred Stanley, Joseph Jackson
United States
