Two Plus Fours

{{short description|1930 film}}

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| name = Two Plus Fours

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| director = Ray McCarey

| producer = {{ubl|John C. Flinn (producer)|Fred Guiol (supervising producer)}}

| writer = {{ubl|Chuck Callahan (story)|Ray McCarey (story)}}

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| starring = Bing Crosby, Thelma Hill, and the Rhythm Boys

| music =

| cinematography = Paul Perry

| editing = John F. Link Sr.

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| released = {{Film date|1930}}

| runtime = 20 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Two Plus Fours is a 1930 Campus Comedies short film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris). The film was shot in 5 days starting on May 29, 1930 at a cost of $19,689. It previewed in mid-June and was shipped early in July 1930.{{cite book |last1=Giddins |first1=Gary |title=A Pocketful of Dreams |date=2001 |publisher=Little, Brown and Co. |location=New York |isbn=0-316-88188-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bingcrosbypocket00gidd_0/page/224 224] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bingcrosbypocket00gidd_0 }}

Plot summary

The Rhythm Boys are some of the students from Tait College who patronize a tailor named Ginsberg who is affectionately known as Ripstitch. The tailor hits financial problems and is threatened with eviction by a bullying landlord. He is eventually saved by the support of all the students led by the Rhythm Boys.{{cite book |last1=Macfarlane |first1=Malcolm |title=Bing Crosby - Day by Day |date=2001 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=0-8108-4145-2 |pages=63–64}}

Cast

Soundtrack

  • The Stein Song - sung by The Rhythm Boys on two occasions, the second of which is a parody.

References

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