The Deputy Drummer
A frustrated classical composer gets a gig as a drummer with a jazz band at a fancy party, where he is mistaken for a Lord. He keeps landing up with the necklace of the hostess, which a couple of crooks are after.
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"Lupino Lane directs (as Henry W. George) and stars in this funny slapstick farce. He's Adolphus Miggs, who's been writing his Rhapsody in Pink for three years. Through the usual assortment of pushing by leading lady Jean Denis (in her only screen appearance) and shenanigans, he's at a swank country party, mistaken for Lord Miggs, involved in a plot to steal a priceless necklace and indulge in his usual fine acrobatic pratfalls. I was particularly taken with the sand dance he does with his dog and one reel near the end, shot wild and slightly undercranked. Alas, Lane's movi..."
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Based on the play "Darling I Love You" by Stanley Brightman and Arthur Rigby.
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A frustrated classical composer gets a gig as a drummer with a jazz band at a fancy party, where he is mistaken for a Lord. He keeps landing up with the necklace of the hostess, which a couple of crooks are after.