Mandarin Mix-Up
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| Mandarin Mix-Up | |
| Directed by | Scott Pembroke |
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| Produced by | Joe Rock |
| Written by | Tay Garnett |
| Starring | Stan Laurel |
| Release date(s) | 30 August 1924 |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Mandarin Mix-Up is a 1924 comedy film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Stan Laurel.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Stan Laurel (an Englishman by birth) becomes an Asian in this Joe Rock comedy. As the new baby in the family, Laurel is shown in a high chair and playing with a ball. His big brother is jealous of all the attention his new baby brother is getting, so he drops him in a pile of dirty clothes, which is subsequently taken to a Chinese laundry shop. He is found among the dirty clothes by an employee, who takes him in and raises him as his own. When he grows up he goes to work in the laundry shop himself. Sum Sap, as he is known, angers a Tong gangster and is in fear of his life. After eluding the danger he manages to get the best of his foes and marry his Chinese girlfriend (Julie Leonard). Just then, his real parents finally find him and he soon discovers that he is rich.
[edit] Reception
Mandarin Mix-Up received average reception. It was praised for its humorous slapstick comedy but the most critics agree that the completely moronic characters offset this.
[edit] Notes
All of the surviving copies of this movie have added title cards (originally written by director Tay Garnett). Sound effects include clock cuckoos, chiming gongs, rimshots, the occasional slide whistle, and a voice-over by an unspecified narrator who punctuates each joke with a comment.
[edit] Cast
- Stan Laurel - Sum Sap
- Julie Leonard - China girl
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Mandarin Mix-Up". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MandarinMixUp1924.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-31.
