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The Tennis Wizard

The Tennis Wizard

1926Short
ShortComedy

Reggie accidentally drops his girlfriend's locket down the back of another woman's dress. He has to retrieve it without attracting the attention of her husband.

Director
Orville O. Dull
Writers
Richard Harding Davis, Henry Johnson, Eddie Moran
Stars
Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal
Release Date
November 21, 1926
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe
as Reginald Van Bibber
Florence Gilbert
Florence Gilbert
as Sylvia Paddock
Frank Beal
Frank Beal
as Colonel Paddock
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Marcella Daly
as Ophelia Foote
William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson
as Archie Foote
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Sherman Ross
as Phil Wilden

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Fox Film Corporation

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Van Bibber, Not Wilder
by boblipton2009-10-29

"Another decent entry in the Van Bibber series as Earle Foxe buys his girl a locket and proceeds to lose it down the back of a woman's dress atop a double decker bus. He then winds up having to compete on the tennis court for the hand of the young lady. The short comedies that Fox turned out were well written, directed (even if the director of this one was Dull by name) and carefully constructed comedy shorts intended to fill out the program. In terms of plot and character they are a bit better than the Christie comedies of the period, but in terms of their gag construction they are almos..."

📖 Synopsis

Reggie accidentally drops his girlfriend's locket down the back of another woman's dress. He has to retrieve it without attracting the attention of her husband.