Thanks for the Buggy Ride
{{short description|1928 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thanks for the Buggy Ride
| image = Thanks for the Buggy Ride poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = William A. Seiter
| producer =
| screenplay = Beatrice Van
Tom Reed
| story = Byron Morgan
| starring = Laura La Plante
Glenn Tryon
Richard Tucker
Kate Price
Jack Raymond
Trixie Friganza
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur L. Todd
| editing = Edward M. McDermott
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1928|4|1}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent Version
Sound Version (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Thanks for the Buggy Ride is a 1928 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Beatrice Van and Tom Reed. The film was first released on April 1, 1928, by Universal Pictures. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was prepared late in 1928. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film stars Laura La Plante, Glenn Tryon, Richard Tucker, Kate Price, Jack Raymond and Trixie Friganza.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/498694/thanks-for-the-buggy-ride |title=Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=September 23, 2018}}{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/thanks-for-the-buggy-ride-v113075 |title=Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928) - William Seiter |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=September 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/12604 |title=Thanks for the Buggy Ride |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=September 23, 2018}}
==Cast==
- Laura La Plante as Jenny
- Glenn Tryon as Joe Hall
- Richard Tucker as Mr. McBride
- Kate Price as Mrs. Crogan
- Jack Raymond as Mr. Belkoff
- Trixie Friganza as Actress
- Lee Moran as Bill Barton
- David Rollins as Harold McBride
Music
The sound version of the film featured a theme song entitled “Thanks for the Buggy Ride” by Jules Buffoon.
Reception
Time magazine called the movie "one more somewhat rickety vehicle for the comic daintiness of Cinemactress Laura La Plante":
{{Blockquote|It is an antiquated wagon, moving along upon wheels of device so often employed that they squeak loudly: thus, at a picnic, pigs gobble the sandwiches; when the picnickers, a young songwriter and a dancing instructress, seek nearby shelter they are embarrassingly mistaken for a married couple, which, later on, they become. Thanks for the Buggy Ride seems to be unconscious of its triteness. It has a careless, youthful, bumptious gaiety, which gives it the quality of a nutting bee, or a hayride in a Ford truck organized for the amusement of juvenile sophisticates.
{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846741,00.html |title=Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 27, 1928 |work=Time |date=February 27, 1928 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121031607/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846741,00.html |archive-date=2010-11-21}}}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0019460|Thanks for the Buggy Ride}}
{{William A. Seiter}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by William A. Seiter
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
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