My review was written in July 1985 after watching the film on Masquers' video cassette, sold by direct mail order.
Silent film star Charles Ray toplines as a slightly over-age young hero in the short subject, Robert F. Hill's "The Bride's Bereavement or The Snake in the Grass" (1932). He is framed for murder but escapes from jail to save his wife from the clutches of the dastardly, moustache-twirling villain (Alan Mowbray in fine form).
It's a satirical spoof of a 19th century barnstorming drama, made with talent from Los Angeles' Masquers' Club, which was produced at RKO Radio Pictures during the Depression as a fundraising project -out of circulation for over 50 years.
Silent film star Charles Ray toplines as a slightly over-age young hero in the short subject, Robert F. Hill's "The Bride's Bereavement or The Snake in the Grass" (1932). He is framed for murder but escapes from jail to save his wife from the clutches of the dastardly, moustache-twirling villain (Alan Mowbray in fine form).
It's a satirical spoof of a 19th century barnstorming drama, made with talent from Los Angeles' Masquers' Club, which was produced at RKO Radio Pictures during the Depression as a fundraising project -out of circulation for over 50 years.