'Getting a Ticket', a comedy short starring Eddie Cantor, is much funnier than the peculiar and protracted tailor-shop skit which Cantor had performed a few months earlier in the feature film 'Glorifying the American Girl'.
There are some crudities here: at one point, there's a cut to another camera set-up just in time to step on Eddie's punchline. The jokes in this 1930 movie are dated too: Cantor makes a rueful reference to 'September B.C. -- before the Crash'. He tells a traffic cop that the suspicious bundle next to him is his laundry. When it turns out to be a bottle of Prohibition whisky, Cantor explains 'My wet wash.'
There is an impressive travelling shot as Eddie drives his car down a highway in what appears to be Nassau County, Long Island. When the cop demands to know Cantor's address, Cantor replies 'We moved.' Cantor then sings 'My Wife Is on a Diet', using most of his trademarked physical business.
This delightful short gives us a look at a vitally important performer at the peak of his career, and I'll rate it 9 out of 10.
There are some crudities here: at one point, there's a cut to another camera set-up just in time to step on Eddie's punchline. The jokes in this 1930 movie are dated too: Cantor makes a rueful reference to 'September B.C. -- before the Crash'. He tells a traffic cop that the suspicious bundle next to him is his laundry. When it turns out to be a bottle of Prohibition whisky, Cantor explains 'My wet wash.'
There is an impressive travelling shot as Eddie drives his car down a highway in what appears to be Nassau County, Long Island. When the cop demands to know Cantor's address, Cantor replies 'We moved.' Cantor then sings 'My Wife Is on a Diet', using most of his trademarked physical business.
This delightful short gives us a look at a vitally important performer at the peak of his career, and I'll rate it 9 out of 10.