Alas many of the pre war British Lion films are lost forever.However a number were saved because they were sold to Pathe to use for the 9.5mm home movie enthusiast.Pathe would normally cut down a feature from in this case 72 minutes to somewhere between 36 and 45 minutes.In this instance the print is 36minutes long.So whilst we only have half a film it is of course better than none.It is a bright and cheerful quota quickie with a couple of catchy tunes.Gee plays a clerk who aspires to more.The boss is going to sack him but then learns that Gee might be inheriting the business.At the same time Gee goes to a phrenologist and is motivated to improve himself.He becomes more assertive but doesn't realise that his boss has other motives for being nice to him.Gee becomes involved in a number of deals.He secures all the worlds nutmeg.This is handy as it is the missing ingredient needed for an invention and all ends happily.A lot of plot for 72 let alone 36 minutes.Amiable stuff.
2 Reviews
Not Particularly Amusing
boblipton18 October 2020
Office drudge George K. Gee has lots of ideas, all of them foolish. When the managing director, Davy Burnaby, finds out that Gee is the heir to the entire company, he decides to curry favor with him before informing him of that little fact. Gee with his new position, Gee indulges in a series of improbable mistakes that all turn up trumps.
Once again, this British Lion movie, written by Michael Barringer and directed by Leslie Hiscott, is missing in its original length, a victim of a purported direct strike on the company's storage facilities during the Second World War. All that remains is a Pathescope cutdown, 36 minutes compared to the original movie's 72. Given the lack of information about Gee except for his birthdate, his death in Coventry in 1959 at age 64, and the six movies he appeared in from 1919 through this one, this little to go on. He seems to have been a song-and-dance man, since he sings two songs here, and dances, but his screen character isn't terribly interesting. Nor, despite the absurd situations this movie puts him in, is this show.
Once again, this British Lion movie, written by Michael Barringer and directed by Leslie Hiscott, is missing in its original length, a victim of a purported direct strike on the company's storage facilities during the Second World War. All that remains is a Pathescope cutdown, 36 minutes compared to the original movie's 72. Given the lack of information about Gee except for his birthdate, his death in Coventry in 1959 at age 64, and the six movies he appeared in from 1919 through this one, this little to go on. He seems to have been a song-and-dance man, since he sings two songs here, and dances, but his screen character isn't terribly interesting. Nor, despite the absurd situations this movie puts him in, is this show.
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