Well executed but unexceptional one-reeler about a couple of incompetent paperhangers. James Parrott, brother of Charley Chase, was an equally skilled man behind the camera, later writing and directing some of Roach's best two-reelers, before he died too young, but while the gags here are well done, he never really developed much of a personality in these pieces and they are not, somehow, quite as sharp as the stuff he was co-starring in with Sid Saylor two or three years before. The extended gag with the plank of wood seesawing is typical.
Credits
Paste and Paper Cast
Name |
Character |
James Parrott
He was 25, 41 years old when he died
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Paste and Paper Crew
Name |
Department |
George Jeske as Director. He was 31 (60) years old when He died
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Directing |