Jack Duffy is a scientist in the jungle. When some chimpanzees help him out, he and his daughter take them back to America, where they get involved in more hi-jinx and adventures in this Fox short comedy Although Fox was a major producer of short comedies (with major budgets that offered great production values for the gags and top comics), very few of them survive. This was one of two that have turned up in the latest "Cruel and Unusual Comedy" series at the Museum of Modern Art. It's one of about twenty comedies made under George Marshall's supervision about the chimpanzees and is full of amusing gags.
Jack Duffy was one of the hard-knock slapstick comedians of the era, usually found in Christie comedies. His gimmick was was to make himself as a very old man; this meant that his pratfalls looked even more difficult.
Jack Duffy was one of the hard-knock slapstick comedians of the era, usually found in Christie comedies. His gimmick was was to make himself as a very old man; this meant that his pratfalls looked even more difficult.
