8/10
Fun
7 May 2007
This is hardly Lloyd's best film, but it is fun. Notice a couple of superb deep-field shots, amazing for 1920, but indicative of what b/w film could do. TCM's print is exceptionally good. Also, the Nighthawks provide a wonderful musical accompaniment, based on the popular song of the era, from which (I assume) the movie derives its title -- "Get Out and Get Under." These were the times when "Get a horse!" was still considered an amusing response to the breakdowns that tin lizzies tended to experience. Those flivers tended to shake when running, and the film uses that tendency for a couple of jokes on Lloyd's character and the automobiles of the early 1920s. The chase scenes may be typical, but they are very good. I always marvel at the incredible timing that characterizes them.
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