Julius Sizzer (1931) is an American two-reel short film directed by Edward Ludwig. According to film critic Nelson Bell, it was an "obvious travesty" of the serious gangster film Little Caesar released by Warner Bros. earlier that year.[1]
Plot summary
In this short, (Benny Rubin) plays a dual role of a man and his brother who have to dodge gangsters trying to put them on the spot.[2][3]
Cast
- Benny Rubin
- Gwen Lee
- Lena Malena
- Matthew Betz
- Maurice Black
- G. Pat Collins
- Tom McGuire
- Clifford Dempsey
References
- ^ Eric Loren Smoodin (1993). Animating Culture: Hollywood Cartoons from the Sound Era. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8135-1949-4.
- ^ "Julius Sizzer". IMDb. September 7, 1931.
- ^ Edwin M. Bradley (2005). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926–1931. McFarland. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-4766-0684-2.
External links
- Julius Sizzer at IMDb
- The short film Julius Sizzer is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.