The Battling Kangaroo is a two reel, slap stick Silent comedy film directed by Jules White in 1926.[1] Fox Film Corporation produced and distributed the film.[2] Fox Film released it in the US on December 5, 1926.[1]
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| Directed by | Jules White |
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| Produced by | George Marshall |
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| Distributed by | Fox Film |
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Running time | 18 mins. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
Sterling Holloway made his motion picture debut in this film.[2]
Plot edit
Limber Lucy, a trapeze artist, wants to leave the carnival of which her family is part, but they cannot leave until her father repays $1,000 to the carnival owner, Knockout Kelly. The latter is a former farmhand "who loved to plant cauliflowers on people's ears." Lucy flees Kelly after he accosts her.[3]
Pete Brush, a taxi driver who fancies Lucy, learns of Kelly's pursuit of Lucy and that "a thousand dollars stand between [Lucy] and happiness." Brush sees an advertisement that "Knockout Kelly Fights Anything on Two Feet. $1000.00 CASH If You Knock Him Out." After failing to knock out Kelly himself, Brush and two carnival workers attempt to hijack a passenger from a competitor's taxi, as the rider has offered "A thousand dollars if you reach the dock before my boat departs."[3]
After commandeering the passenger, they deliver him to the boat but fail to procure the fare. Fleeing the irate taxi driver, the three men accidentally free three kangaroos from a crate, who cause havoc. The three men are then able to guide one of the kangaroos, attired for boxing, into the ring with Knockout Kelly. The kangaroo, after battling with Kelly, then knocks him out. Brush receives the thousand dollars for the knock out. He and Lucy kiss.[3]
Cast edit
The cast credits are from the film's intertitles.[3]
- Lige Conley as Pete Brush, the taxi driver who fancies Lucy
- Sterling Holloway as Napoleon French, a carnival worker[2]
- George Gray, credited as George Grey, as another carnival worker
- Mildred June as Limber Lucy
- Al Kaufman as Knockout Kelly
Gallery edit
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Mildred June -
Sterling Holloway -
Holoway, Conley, and Grey -
Conley, Grey, and Holloway -
The abduction of a passenger from another taxi -
Conely -
Grey travelling by kangaroo -
Conley and June in the kangaroo boxing scene -
An extra and Kaufman as a knocked-out boxer
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References edit
- ^ a b c Library of Congress (1927). "Classes L and M. Motion Pictures". Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1: Books, Group 2. Vol. 23. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Copyright Office. p. 2180. hdl:2027/uiug.30112100650289. OCLC 1348619420 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c Rubin, Steven Jay (2018). The Twilight Zone encyclopedia. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-1-61373-889-4. OCLC 1004368231.
- ^ a b c d White, Jules (1926). The Battling Kangaroo (Motion picture). Fox Animal Comedies. Fox Film. ASIN B005W4SBHS. OCLC 423078859.
External links edit
- The short film The Battling Kangaroo is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- Video on YouTube
- The Battling Kangaroo at IMDb
