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Special Delivery (1927)

Special Delivery (1927)

EDDIE AMIDST THE MAILS AND FEMALES

Release Date: 1927, May 6
Directors: Roscoe Arbuckle
Cast: Robert Livingston, William Powell, Mabel Julienne Scott, Spec O'Donnell, Tiny Doll, Eddie Cantor, Donald Keith, Jobyna Ralston, Jack Dougherty, Rosa Rosanova, Louis Stern, Marjorie Cantor

Overview:

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly score in films until the arrival of talkies allowed his fans to hear as well as see him. Special Delivery was directed by "William Goodrich," who in reality was comedian Fatty Arbuckle, hoping to stage a comeback after the sex scandal that destroyed his career.