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Special Delivery: Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. With Eddie Cantor, Jobyna Ralston, William Powell, Mabel Julienne Scott. An inept Secret Service agent goes undercover as a mailman to catch a notorious criminal and impress his father, his boss.
- (65)
- Comedy
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
- 1927-05-06
Special Delivery is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle starring Eddie Cantor, Jobyna Ralston and William Powell. It was written by Cantor, John F. Goodrich , and George Marion Jr. (with Larry Semon , uncredited).
Synopsis. The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston).
- Roscoe Arbuckle
- 1
The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly ...
- Roscoe Arbuckle
The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston).
- Roscoe Arbuckle
- 1
By coincidence, he directed two unrelated movies -- a short and a feature -- that were both called 'Special Delivery'. The second is a starring vehicle for the great Broadway performer Eddie Cantor. Perhaps also coincidentally, the script of the latter film is largely by one John F Goodrich, apparently not related to Arbuckle.
The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly ...
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