Two Plus Fours
{{short description|1930 film}}
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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
- Nat Carr as Ripstitch the Tailor
- Thelma Hill as Mary Ginsberg - Max's Daughter
- Harry Barris as Harry
- Bing Crosby as Bing
- Al Rinker as Al
- Edgar Dearing as Rent Collector
- Spec O'Donnell as Spec
Soundtrack
- The Stein Song - sung by The Rhythm Boys on two occasions, the second of which is a parody.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0021496|title=Two Plus Fours}}
- {{Internet Archive short film|id=TwoPlusFours|name=Two Plus Fours}}
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Category:American musical short films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Ray McCarey
Category:1930s English-language films