- Title: PA-40
- Summary: THE OTHER FELLOW: Edgar Kennedy plays multiple roles of reckless drivers as he teaches driving safety lesson.
- Description:01:41:18 - CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS SMILING ACTOR COMEDIAN EDGAR KENNEDY PLAYING ROLES OF ALL CHARACTERS IN FILM 01:41:21 - CU FACE SHOT EDGAR KENNEDY, AS HIMSELF, SMILING, MAKING SEVERAL COMIC FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. FLIPPING HIS HAT, CU EDGAR KENNEDY AS "FARMER, DRIVER, WEARS STRAW HAT DOES DUMB, SPACED OUT LOOK. CU EDGAR KENNEDY WEARING BERET, GIVES ALOOF LOOK OF SPORT CAR DRIVER. CU EDGAR KENNEDY AS TOUGH TRUCK DRIVER WITH FLOPPY HAT. CU EDGAR KENNEDY AS NEWLY WED DRIVER,, WEARS TOP HAT, TUXEDO, LOOKS DRUNK 01:41:46 - MAN (KENNEDY), BACK TO CAMERA, DRIVING CAR ON TWO-LANE TREE LINED HIGHWAY, SINGING SONG ("I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD"). 01:41:50 - CU FARMER'S CAR DRIVING THROUGH ORCHARD. (TOWARDS CAMERA). RECKLESSLY DRIVES ONTO HIGHWAY FROM ORCHARD, WITHOUT STOPPING, CUTS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ON-COMING CAR 01:41:59 - MAN (KENNEDY) BACK TO CAMERA, RINGS HORN, SAYS FEW CHOICE WORDS AT CAR IN FRONT OF HIM WHICH HAS CRATES OF LIVE CHICKENS TIED TO BACK OF CAR, PULLS INTO ON-COMING LANE, RIDES ALONGSIDE FARMER'S CAR, TELLS HIM OFF.. 01:42:06 - MS MIDDLE-AGED FARMER (KENNEDY), DRIVING IN CAR, WIFE BESIDES HIM, GLANCES AT CAR ALONGSIDE HIM, WITH ANGRY DRIVER, LS CAR PASSING ANOTHER, CROSSES INTO ON-COMING LANE TO DO SO. safety 01:42:25 - MCU DRIVER, KENNEDY) BACK TO CAMERA, DRIVES ON MOUNTAIN ROAD (SEEN THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD), SINGING. MS CAR (CIRCA 1937) RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA ON TWO-LANE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY, STRAYING OVER ROAD LINE AS HE RIDES. CU SIGN "SLOW, CURVE AHEAD". VIEW OF ROAD CURVING AROUND HILL AS SEEN FROM WINDSHIELD. 01:42:37 - SPORTS CAR SUDDENLY SPEEDS BY AND CUTS IN FRONT OF DRIVER (BACK TO CAMERA) AT CURVE IN ROAD. AS SEEN FROM WINDSHIELD. DRIVER YELLS CHOICE WORDS AT SPORTS CAR, THEN SAYS, "I'D LIKE TO GET A LOOK AT THAT DUDE!". CU FOOT OF DRIVER STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL, (HAND CLUTCH, EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE, CIRCA 1930S, IN F/G). CU SPEEDOMETER ON DASHBOARD. 01:42:45 - MLS SPORTS CAR, SEDAN, BOTH SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA, SEDAN ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD. MAN (KENNEDY) IN SEDAN, YELLS AT SPORTS CAR DRIVER (KENNEDY IN BERET),WHO GLANCES TOWARDS CAMERA (PASSING CAR) DOES HIS FAMED DOUBLE TAKE. 01:43:10 - AUTO RIDING IN CITY TRAFFIC, TOWARDS CAMERA, STOPS BEHIND DOUBLE-PARKED TRUCK. CU FOOT APPLYING BRAKE. MS TRUCK DRIVER (KENNEDY IN ROLE) UNLOADING CRATES OF PRODUCE FROM BACK OF TRUCK, POV FRONT WINDSHIELD OF CAR. CU CAR DRIVER, BACK TO CAMERA, SOUNDS HORN, IS IGNORED BY TRUCKER DRIVER. 01:43:29 - MLS CAR BEHIND DOUBLE PARKED TRUCK, HORN SOUNDING, TRUCK DRIVER DELIVERING CRATE OF PRODUCE TO OUTDOOR FRUIT STAND. 01:43:33 - MS CAR WITH SIGN "JUST MARRIED" ON TRUNK OF CAR ALONG WITH NUMBER OF STREAMERS (BACK TO CAMERA) RIDES DOWN PALM TREE LINED STREET. CU SIGNAL LIGHT CHANGING TO "STOP". MCU LAUGHING GROOM WITH TOP HAT (KENNEDY ROLE) IN DRIVER'S SEAT WITH BRIDE CUDDLED NEXT TO HIM. MCU STREET LIGHT CHANGING TO "GO". GROOM MAKES SHARP TURN AT INTERSECTION, COMES CLOSE TO HITTING CAR WAITING AT LIGHT. 01:44:00 - MS STREET SIGN CHANGING TO "GO" (FOR CAR THAT WAS JUST CUT OFF). DRIVER COMPLAINS ABOUT BEING CUT OFF, DOES SAME THING TO TWO CARS WAITING TO LEAVE INTERSECTION, COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, MAKES HARD LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF THEM. road rage, safety 01:44:10 - DRIVER, BACK TO CAMERA, RIDING ON BUSY CITY STREET, SINGING. MAN (KENNEDY IN ANOTHER ROLE) GETTING INTO CAR, SLAMS DOOR SHUT. MLS PULLS AWAY FROM CURB WITHOUT LOOKING BACK OR SIGNALLING, CUTS OFF, BARELY MISSING, ON-COMING CAR. LS VIEW SAME. MAN IN ON COMING CAR YELLING, COMMENTING. POV WINDSHIELD. road rage, safety 01:44:31 - CAR, REAR TO CAMERA, TRYING TO PASS SWAYING CAR IN FRONT OF HIM, MAN DRIVING BACK TO CAMERA RINGS HORN TO NO AVAIL, YELLS TO HIMSELF, "ROAD HOG IF I EVER SAW ONE, ETC".YELLING, BLOWING HORN. road rage. 01:44:48 - CAR, RINGING HORN, COMING TOWARDS CAMERA, AS SEEN FROM REAR VIEW MIRROR, GIVE HIM SAME TREATMENT HE IS GIVING THE ROAD HOG IN FRONT OF HIM. 01:44:50 - DRIVER, BACK TO CAMERA, STARTS COMMENTING ABOUT CAR IN FRONT AND IN BACK WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR IN FRONT MAKES SUDDEN STOP, CAUSING HIM TO BUMP INTO CAR IN FRONT, MEANWHILE CAR IN BACK REAR ENDS HIM. (3 CAR ACCIDENT). MLS THREE CARS CIRCA 1930S, ATTACHED IN ACCIDENT. road rage, safety, rear-ender, auto accidents. 01:45:08 - VARIOUS SHOTS (CU) DRIVERS OF ALL THREE CARS,(ALL PLAYED BY KENNEDY IN DIFFERENT ROLES, DRESS) YELL ANGRY REMARKS AT EACH OTHER. LS DRIVERS OF FRONT AND REAR CARS (KENNEDY) EXIT CARS. FRONT CAR 01:45:23 - MS DRIVER MOUNTS LOCKED BUMPERS, SPRINGS UP AND DOWN TO SEPARATE THE TWO CARS. MIDDLE CAR DRIVER BACK TO CAMERA, SEES MAN IN FRONT JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON BUMPER. THROUGH WINDSHIELD. 01:45:39 - MS FIRST CAR DRIVER SITS ON HIS TRUNK, CALLS CU MAN IN SECOND CAR , AS SEEN THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD, PEERS AT DRIVER IN FRONT, THEN TURNS TO MAN IN THIRD CAR WHO STANDS OUTSIDE HIS CAR ALSO CALLING HIM NAMES. VARIOUS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, (ACTOR KENNEDY'S SPECIALTY) SHOTS MADE BY EACH KENNEDY. road rage, safety 01:45:53 - CU MAN IN CAR, CLUTCHING HIS STEERING WHEEL, PEERING THROUGH WINDSHIELD, REALIZES HE IS SEEING HIMSELF; COMMENTING, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. 01:46:02 - FOUR CHARACTERS ENCOUNTERED BY DRIVER (KENNEDY) SUPERIMPOSED OVER DRIVER, CLUTCHING WHEEL AS HE PEERS THROUGH WINDSHIELD. CU DRIVER CLUTCHING WHEEL, WHISTLES, SAYS "WELL I'LL BE A...". 01:46:16 - AUTO PULLS UP TO PARKING SPOT AT CURB, PULLS PARALLEL TO CAR PARKED AT CURB SO HE CAN BACK INTO SPOT. JUST AS HE IS ABOUT TO BACK UP, ANOTHER CAR SNEAKS INTO THE PARKING SPOT, MAKING CONTACT WITH CAR BACKING UP. CU MAN IN CAR (STICKS HEAD OUT OF DRIVER'S WINDOW STARTS CALLING THE OTHER NAMES, MAN IN OTHER CAR RESPONDS IN THE LIKE. road rage, safety. 01:46:38 - LS TWO ANGRY DRIVERS EXIT CAR, GET INTO HEATED ARGUMENT, CROWD GATHERS. AS WELL AS POLICE. MCU ONE OF THE DRIVERS ARGUES WITH POLICEMEN AS THE OTHER DRIVER WATCHES (KENNEDY PLAYING DUAL ROLE (DOUBLE EXPOSURE, TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY). POLICE GRAB ARGUING BY ARMS AND ARREST HIM AS CROWD WATCHES IN B/G 01:46:47 - MS POLICE PHYSICALLY PLACE MAN IN VAN AS CROWD LAUGHING CHILDREN, WATCH. MAN MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE, AS HE IS PHYSICALLY PUSHED INTO VAN POLICEMAN SAYING, "TELL IT TO THE JUDGE". 01:47:01 - MS MAN (KENNEDY) ANGRILY MAKES HIS CASE BEFORE JUDGE, SEATED ON BENCH WITH GAVEL IN HAND AS POLICEMAN WATCHES. JUDGE POUNDS GAVEL TO STOP MAN FROM TALKING. MS JUDGE LECTURES MAN BEFORE HIM, SPEAKS OF SEEING OURSELVES AS THE "OTHER FELLOW". 01:47:33 - MAN SHAKES HANDS WITH JUDGE, PROMISES TO "PUT MYSELF IN THE OTHER FELLOWS PLACE". 01:47:51 - MAN SINGING SONG, CLIMBS IN TO CAR (1937 4 DR CHEVROLET SEDAN) PARKED AT CURB (IN FRONT OF CATHEDRAL WITH PALM. BEFORE HE CAN START CAR, ANOTHER CAR BACKS INTO HIM. CU KENNEDY (MASTER OF THE SLOW BURN) MAKES ONE OF HIS FAMED FACIAL EXPRESSIONS (SLOW BURN) PUTS HAND OVER FACE, PEERS OUT BETWEEN FINGERS. AS SEEN THROUGH DRIVERS SIDE OPEN WINDOW. 01:48:10 - MS AUTO, 1937 CHEVY, RIDING ON SUBURBAN STREET TOWARDS CAMERA, 01:48:21 - VARIOUS VIEWS PROPER HAND SIGNALS BEING PERFORMED BY DRIVER OF CARS MAKING RIGHT, LEFT, TURN, ABOUT TO STOP, SLOWING UP AT INTERSECTION, TELLING CAR BEHIND WHEN IT IS SAFE TO PASS; courtesy; safety. etiquette. 01:48:47 - MS ALL HAND SIGNALS SUPERIMPOSED OVER VARIOUS VIEWS OF CITY STREET TRAFFIC.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-40