![]() This revelation is secretly old news for everyone, no one had cared but yet Johns parents use the opportunity to push their aimless son to make something of his life by cutting him off financially. John tries to out Jack to save his sister from eventual heartache by outing himself to his family. As years of mounting tensions culminate into an over-heated argument in the kitchen, Jack throws an apple at Johns head - bruising his bosss ego and unfurling a series of ill-timed events that teach them both good reason to grow up. ![]() He has quietly given up hope that John would ever fall for him and support his dreams of running a super restaurant together one day. ![]() Jack is a line cook at Johns flagship restaurant, ready to build a future and a family. But witnessing his sister Vivienne about to marry his childhood crush Jack a light bulb flicks on, passions ignite and the wedding must immediately be stopped! Twenty years later, they’ve grown apart and now barely recognize each other.Ī handsome gay man and heir to a restaurant empire, John lives with extravagance - champagne, fast cars and fast men - bedding nearly every hot guy in town. There is nothing really positive I can say about the movie other than it was blessedly short! By the way, at about 32 minutes into the film, note the breast grabbing scene-something you might just see in a Pre-Code film but you'd never have seen once this Production Code was strengthened and adopted in 1934.As kids, John and Jack were best friends. I cannot recommend this film to anyone-even people who like bad films, as this one wasn't bad enough to be funny-it was just plain bad. In 1931, perhaps people thought this was all a funny farce. As for leading man John Halliday, he also overdid it quite a bit. He was lousy, but fortunately he didn't stick around for long. After several actors came in and out of the set, in came "Ivan" (Arthur Edmund Carewe) to prove that Strozzi was not the only actor who could produce a crappy and unconvincing Russian accent! I think, honestly, that any of the Ritz Brothers could have done this job better. Kids in high school productions usually have better accents than hers! And, to top it off, within the first ten minutes of the film, three different women fainted-talk about a load of malarkey! These factors combined with the style of the production (with people walking on and off camera much like they'd do it in a play) made me realize early on that I was in for a very long ride, indeed. She didn't know if she was supposed to be French, Russian or just an idiot. The first thing I noticed is how much Kay Strozzi sucked in this film! This probably sounds very harsh, but when this actress came storming into the home of Ambrose Applejohn, I was just bowled over by how terrible her accents were. ![]() It's like your typical "old dark house" film so common in this era but on steroids-with everything coming rapidly and with no letup. He is dying for some adventure in his life, and almost immediately it begins! People start coming in and out of his house at an alarming rate and he is deeply involved in all sorts of silly intrigue. CAPTAIN APPLEJACK begins with Ambrose home on a stormy night in his mansion. It was originally a stage production and in this case, it looks like they must have filmed it as it was done on stage-loud and over-emoted. Because of that, the cast was apparently informed to really overdo it-with some of the broadest acting I have ever seen.
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