Dummy Ache

{{Infobox film

| name = Dummy Ache

| image =

| caption =

| director = Leslie Goodwins

| producer = Lee S. Marcus

| writer = Leslie Goodwins
Charles E. Roberts

| starring = Edgar Kennedy
Florence Lake

| music =

| cinematography =

| editing = Edward Mann

| distributor = RKO Pictures

| released = {{film date|1936|7|10}}

| runtime = 18 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937 |title=The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=August 7, 2011 |work=oscars.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093710/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/9th-winners.html |archivedate=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300647/Dummy-Ache/details |title=New York Times: Dummy Ache |accessdate=June 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520041047/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300647/Dummy-Ache/details |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |url-status=dead }} The Academy Film Archive preserved Dummy Ache in 2013.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=Dummy+Ache&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}

Plot

Florence Kennedy has arranged a rehearsal for a part in a play for an amateur dramatic society at a fellow actor's home, but wishes to keep it secret from her husband Edgar, who leaves before the rehearsal begins.

Edgar is suspicious about his wife's behaviour and soon afterwards follows to spy on Florence with the help of a friendly cab driver.

The play itself is about a clandestine affair,with Florence appearing as one of the lovers involved, with the man being shot dead, though a dummy replaces the actor in the scene as it is thrown down onto the ground.

Edgar misconstrues this as a real life affair and murder involving Florence while seeing it through a window, and vows to help his wife "to the bitter end", locking her in a large cupboard.

Unaware that the body itself is a prop dummy, Edgar carries it away in a large basket and plans to dispose it to help his wife, still not realising it is a dummy.

After various scrapes with several cops and local townspeople who think he is a murderer and capture him, Florence eventually catches up with Edgar to explain the full story to him, the cops and townspeople, revealing it was a prop dummy used in a rehearsal for a play.

Cast

Edgar Kennedy - Edgar
Florence Lake - Florence
Jack Rice - Florence's Brother
Dot Farley - Florence's Mother
George J. Lewis - The Actor
Lucille Ball - The Actress
Harry Bowen - The Cabbie
Billy Franey - Man with Pitchfork
Bobby Burns - Bit Role (uncredited)

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0027556|title=Dummy Ache}}

Category:1936 films

Category:RKO Pictures short films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Films directed by Leslie Goodwins

Category:1936 comedy films

Category:1936 short films

Category:American comedy short films

Category:1930s English-language films

Category:1930s American films

Category:English-language comedy short films