Back Stage

A breezy silent slapstick romp of backstage chaos, pratfalls and curtain mishaps that plays like a live-action cartoon.

Directed by

Arvid E. Gillstrom

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Ethel Marie Burton

Overview

Props, the stage man, and his assistant at the Orpheum Theater, Plunkville divide their time equally between drinking and attention to duty. Trouble starts when the new acts arrive. The Wiggle sisters, a Hawaiian act, demand the star dressing room but Props turns them down, but relents when Babe, the strong man, and his beautiful wife, Ethel Burton because he is smitten. Once the show begins Props is forever getting in the way of the performers and his bibulous assistant has an unfortunate propensity for dropping the curtain at the wrong moments. Things only get crazier from there.

How it feels

Absurd, light, whimsical and campy. Brisk and fine in the background.

About

Work, friendship, class

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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