Leap Year (1924)

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his girlfriends.

Director:

James Cruze

Writers:

Walter Woods (adapted by), Sarah Y. Mason (from the story by)

Stars:

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Lucien Littlefield, Mary Thurman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle	...	Stanley Piper (as Roscoe {Fatty} Arbuckle)
Lucien Littlefield	...	Jeremiah Piper
Mary Thurman	...	Nurse Phyllis Brown
John McKinnon	...	Mumford - the Valet
Clarence Geldart	...	Scott Travis
Harriet Hammond	...	Loris Keene
Allen Durnell	...	Tommy Blaine
Gertrude Short	...	Molly Morris
Winifred Greenwood	...	Mrs. Travis
Maude Wayne	...	Irene Rutherford

Storyline

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his girlfriends.

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Plot Keywords:

heir | uncle | nurse | proposal | swimming | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 1924 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Skirt Shy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

56 min 56 min (2005 alternate)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Until February 21, 2008, this film had never been shown theatrically anywhere in America because of Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's murder trial, except for special screenings such as the ones in Washington, D.C. at the American Film Institute theater at the Kennedy Center on 18 March 1981, in Los Angeles CA at the Fairfax Theatre 10 April 1981 and at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley CA on 22 August 1993.

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Quotes

Jeremiah Piper: Are all these home brew bugs women?

User Reviews

Two from Arbuckle

Leap Year (1921)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Fatty Arbuckle plays a man who suffers from the sickness of falling in love with every woman he meets. This doesn't sit well with his fiancé when three other women show up to his house, all claiming to be his fiancé. This is a really poor film, the first feature I've seen from Arbuckle. Everything Fatty was good at is missing in this film and it seems like there wasn't any effort put into it. The only real highlight is when Fatty tries to scare off the three women by pretending to have violent fits. The most interesting thing was that this was made prior to Fatty being accused of murder. When he was accused, Hollywood put a ban on his films so this was never released until the early 1980's, nearly fifty years after his death.

Waiter's Ball, The (1916)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

A waiter and a cook (Fatty Arbuckle) fight over who will take a waitress to a dance.

There's some good stunt work inside the kitchen and Fatty has a few nice scenes with a dead fish but not all of the jokes work. The ending is very good however.