DON'T BE NERVOUS (1929) Lloyd Hamilton, Rita La Roy & Mahlon Hamilton | Comedy,Short|Retro Movie

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Don't Be Nervous (1929) is a silent-to-sound transitional comedy short directed by William Watson, starring veteran comedian Lloyd Hamilton. Released by the Educational Film Corporation of America, the film is a blend of slapstick and mistaken identity humor, a hallmark of late 1920s comedy shorts.

Synopsis:

Escaped gangster "Nick the Shiek" (Lloyd Hamilton) is a dead ringer for Vernon Snodgrass, (Lloyd Hamilton). Vernon realizes it from seeing a newspaper the same time the police do, and chase him down a street where he ducks into a window that happens to be where Nick's gang is holed up. He tries to fool them that he's their leader, until the real thing shows up. At first he proposes they "Take Him For a Ride", but after seeing a threatening message from rival crime boss "Smokey O'Brien", they turn him loose. Before O'Brien or the cops grab him, Vernon is whisked off by Nick's moll to her apartment, she believing he's Nick. Soon, Nick and his men also show up, and Smokey and his just after that. They have a full scale battle in the apartment, though they seem to be armed exclusively with blackjacks. Vernon finds a box of tear gas bombs and sets them off. The police arrive to break up the fight, and all are reduced to blubbering their lines.

Cast & Crew:

Lloyd Hamilton as Vernon Snodgrass / Nick the Sheik
Rita La Roy as The Girl (credited as Rita LaRoy)
Mahlon Hamilton as Smoky O'Brien

Director: William Watson
Writer: Gilbert Pratt
Production Company: Educational Films Corporation of America
Release Date: July 7, 1929 (United States)
Runtime: 25 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English