Rating: - What To Do If A Skunk Gets in Your Woodshed
Buster Keaton should have known better. This is one of the most insufferable films in history. I may donate my copy to the CIA to assist with interrogation of especially hardened suspects. It's that bad. The film immortalizes the unfunny antics of L'il Abner (Jeff York) along with other characters from Dogpatch (and neighboring Skunk Hollow) like the villain Earthquake McGoon (Charles Post,) and the most embarrassing "Indian" in screen history, Lonesome Polecat (Buster Keaton,) whose performance ranks as perhaps the worst ever.
The plot concerns the hilarious events of life with one brain cell: entrapment into marriage; the awkwardness of kissing; fistfights; sharing an annual bath with a pig; eating mustard and wondering if that leads to death or merely indigestion, etc. In the physical deformity department Exhibit A is the nose. Most of the cast has on idiotic round nose appliances making them appear ... Read More
Rating: - Comic page characters come to life
Buster Keaton DOES NOT play Li'l Abner-- as some "sage" reviewers think!
This early movie version of Lil Abner (1940), brought Al Capp's Dogpatch characters vividly to life. Although the Broadway musical was filmed two decades later, this original Abner film is superior by far.
This was Hollywood's first ever attempt at precisely recreating a newspaper comic strip, and the actors chosen, after much makeup, were dead ringers for the characters they portrayed. In particular, Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat deserves mention. He is perfect and hilarious as the strange little Indian that brews Kickapoo Joy Juice. Besides Keaton, the cast includes such old-time comedy actors as Edgar Kennedy, Chester Conklin and Al St. John.
The plot is somewhat average, but fans of Capp's work will definitely NOT be disappointed seeing the denizens of Dogpatch come to life. This movie is as yummy ... Read More
Rating: - A 1940 Hit , well worth watching!
This 1940 version of Li'l Abner is and will remain a classic (but not to all). I think it really captures Al Capp's Characters to a T. All the girls chasing Abner were great. Jeff York could of used about 30 more pounds of muscle to really look like Abner(those skinny arms just didn't cut it). At least he wasn't sloppy and overweight as he was in the 1950's when he appeared in "Old Yeller". This movie is now being sold on DVD at stores like Walmart for $1.00, what a shame as some of this high budget trash they make today and sell for 20 bucks isn't even worth a nickel! This is a movie that reaches down into the town of "Dog Patch" and carries a great story to the end of the show. Some of the folks in the movie like Mammy Yokem look like they escaped from the set of the "Wizard of Oz" that was made a year earlier in'39(she would of made a Great munchkin). Bottom line get this movie classic, you will really get a kick out ... Read More
Rating: - BRINGS A SMILE OR TWO.
When LI'L ABNER was made, in 1940, Al Capp's comic strip of the same name was one of the U.S.'s favorites, with his hayseed creation finding himself in one jam after the other, without trying at all. A story by Capp is the foundation for this film, which holds a unique spot in cinema history, as it is the only attempt to precisely recreate comic illustration, utilizing makeup, costumes and exact phrasing (without interpretation). The plot and subplots generally revolve about the annual Sadie Hawkins Day celebration in Dogpatch, which presents area females with just about their only opportunity to catch a husband, by literally running down and snaring one of the town's fleeing bachelors. For those who remember the silent film era, this effort provides small roles for many pre-talkie stalwarts, including Buster Keaton, Edgar Kennedy, Chester Conklin, Al St. John, Lucien Littlefield, Hank Mann and Edward Brady. At times very ... Read More
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