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Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1930
Comedy
Musical
1h 32m
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. (imdb)
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Free and Easy

1930
Comedy
Musical
1h 32m
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Rated 21 Feb 2024
3
24th
Not the Buster Keaton I know and love
Rated 25 Feb 2012
65
23rd
As a sound movie featuring Buster Keaton, this one was explicably forgotten. That's not to say that buster doesn't have any sound films worth watching, but this one isn't.
Rated 14 Jun 2023
30
39th
Keaton's first talky falls flat. The general premise is fine: stumbling around the MGM lot, some cameos, a couple obligatory musical numbers; a bit cliche for 1930, but playing with this setting should be his bread-and-butter. But the script's inane and the support has no presence (outside Trixie Friganza, an utter ham with nothing but), and for every moment that kind of almost works, there are eight that just plain don't. At least he did get to ride a train for this.
Rated 03 Jun 2009
40
25th
Buster talks, Buster dances, and Buster sings. And his voice ain't bad. Sadly the same can't be said about the film. The last third is somewhat interesting, but for the most of it it's like watching silent movie star being tortured.
Rated 26 Jul 2011
2
10th
Poor Buster. A few small good moments, the performance pieces were alright, but the comedy is just painful to watch, for the most part.

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