Taxi for Two (1928)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 20M

Director : Del Lord

Synopsis

Dan Doolittle is a poor schmuck whose big talk usually gets him into trouble. After he is fired from his plumbing job, he saves Dolly Davis, who, grateful, promises to get him a job at the company where she works, Owl Taxi, which is owned by her father. That job is as the jack-of-all-trades in the garage, under the supervision of the garage foreman, whose job he expects to have within the week. But Dan becomes the bane of the foreman's existence, in part because Dan would rather spend his time with Dolly to who he is attracted. But after Dan is asked by the boss to drive Dolly to the taxi depot, Dan believes he can make his millions instead by buying a cab and starting his own taxi company. Interactions with Dolly's visiting brother - a hosiery salesman - who Dan mistakenly believes is Dolly's boyfriend, a pair of inflatable legs, and an angry foreman who was fired because of Dan's mistakes in the garage lead to one misadventure after another for Dan.

Actors

Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper
Dan Doolittle
Virginia Vance
Virginia Vance
Dolly Davis
Otto Fries
Otto Fries
Foreman - Hoot Owl Garage
Andy Clyde
Andy Clyde
Jack Davis
William McCall
William McCall
Traffic Cop
Tiny Ward
Tiny Ward
Foreman - Plumbing Company
Art Rowlands
Art Rowlands
Taxi Customer

Crews

Del Lord
Del Lord
Director
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Producer
William Hornbeck
William Hornbeck
Editor
John A. Waldron
John A. Waldron
Production Supervisor
Sandy Roth
Sandy Roth
Assistant Director
Ferde Meyer
Ferde Meyer
Propmaker
Margaret Schuman
Margaret Schuman
Costume Design
Ewart Adamson
Ewart Adamson
Scenario Writer
Del Lord
Del Lord
Scenario Writer
Betty Browne
Betty Browne
Writer
Ernie Crockett
Ernie Crockett
Director of Photography

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