Silent McGee is a tough gangster, and Mr. Oscar Lemon is a mild-mannered Swede who coincidentally looks exactly like the gangster McGee. Silent McGee disguises himself as a Swedish immigrant while running from the law, causing Mr. Lemon to be mistaken for the wanted man. Julie LaRue is a comedic vamp who pursues the comparatively innocent Mr. Lemon.

Cast

El Brendel as Mr. Lemon/Silent McGee
Fifi D'Orsay as Julie LaRue
William Collier Sr. as Mr. Blake
Ruth Warren as Mrs. Blake
Nat Pendleton as Gangster
Joan Castle as June Blake
Don Dillaway as Jerry
Eddie Gribbon as Walter
Erville Alderson as Mr. Brown
Jack Rutherford as Castro
Dixie Lee as Hat Check Girl
William H. O'Brien as Waiter
George Magrill as Henchman

Reception

The New York Times' Mordaunt Hall, wrote at the time, "Mr. Brendel is mildly funny in some of the scenes, but a little of this Swedish-accented comedian goes a long way. Miss Dorsay gives a lively performance and during the proceedings she hazards a song titled 'My Racket Is You.' Mr. Collier is worthy of better lines than are given to him in this film."{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Mordaunt |title=The Simpleton and the gangster. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E4DE143BE433A2575BC2A9659C946094D6CF |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=March 28, 1931}}

Notes

Anthony Slide, Eccentrics of Comedy (1998)

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0022169|title=Mr. Lemon of Orange}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110519193133/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/103062/Mr-Lemon-of-Orange/overview NY Times review of Mr. Lemon of Orange]

References

Category:1931 films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Films directed by John G. Blystone

Category:1931 comedy films

Category:Fox Film films

Category:American comedy films

Category:1930s English-language films

Category:1930s American films

Category:English-language comedy films