Won by a Neck

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Won by a Neck
Directed by Fatty Arbuckle
(as William Goodrich)
Written by Walter DeLeon
Harry McCoy
Tom Whiteley
Starring Lloyd Hamilton
Release date
  • October 5, 1930 (1930-10-05)
Running time
25 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Won by a Neck is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle and starring Lloyd Hamilton. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The film has two reels. [4] [5]

Plot

Detective Percy enters the home of a gangster, One-Shot Louie, thinking it is a chiropractor's practice and that he will have his stiff neck fixed. Louie thinks Percy is a rival gangster, while an actual rival gunman thinks Percy is Louie.

Cast

See also

References

  1. Bradley, Edwin M. (June 14, 2015). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. ISBN   9781476606842 . Retrieved June 9, 2019 via Google Books.
  2. Webb, Graham (July 27, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-8118-4.
  3. Balducci, Anthony (January 11, 2023). Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-5088-3.
  4. Couderc, Jean-Jacques (April 13, 2015). Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929 (in French). CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition. ISBN   978-2-271-07853-7.
  5. Young, Robert (June 14, 1994). Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle: A Bio-Bibliography. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-0-313-26537-2.