Mildly amusing. The most humorous was Ben Blue, a lanky, twitchy guy -- kind of like a depression-era Art Carney with all his tics and funky hand gestures. He truly made me laugh out loud!
This story is simple slapstick/comedy of errors type of fare -- taxi boss (James Morton) is jealous of taxi employee (Billy Gilbert) who is seeing lovely young dance instructor Daisy Orchid (Geneva Mitchell). Daisy prefers Billy to the boss, and in fact implies that she is seeing lots of single taxi drivers at her studio. There's an amusing line about Daisy two-timing the boss, and the boss makes note that he counted at least 20 men running over him as they fled her house before he passed out.
As a result of the boss finding out Daisy is seeing so many single taxi drivers, the boss decides to fire all non-married men. Through a little misstep ("All married men step forward", then Ben Blue bumps into Billy and pushes him forward into the married men line), the boss believes Billy to be married. In order to fool the boss, Ben dresses up as Billy's wife, boss brings Daisy to Billy's to prove to her that Billy's married, and a very amusing scene ensues where Ben Blue, in the most hideous drag outfit ever, pretends to be Billy's wife.
More confusion and slapstick hijinks ensue, but in the end the truth comes out and Daisy forgives Billy and marries him. In a scene entitled "Later" (apparently 9+ months later), Billy and Ben are rushing to the maternity ward. Billy's taxi rumbles a little and bulges out at the sides, and enters the hospital garage after Billy parks it. The doc comes out to tell Billy he's had twins, and a moment later we see the taxi emerge from the garage followed by two tiny taxis -- very amusing! And then a third tiny taxi emerges, which confused me! :-)
Cute funny little film. I've never heard of the Taxi Boys, but they were pretty entertaining. Ben Blue most especially, and Billy Gilbert was good too - he reminded me a bit of Oliver Hardy in appearance (physique and facial features).
This story is simple slapstick/comedy of errors type of fare -- taxi boss (James Morton) is jealous of taxi employee (Billy Gilbert) who is seeing lovely young dance instructor Daisy Orchid (Geneva Mitchell). Daisy prefers Billy to the boss, and in fact implies that she is seeing lots of single taxi drivers at her studio. There's an amusing line about Daisy two-timing the boss, and the boss makes note that he counted at least 20 men running over him as they fled her house before he passed out.
As a result of the boss finding out Daisy is seeing so many single taxi drivers, the boss decides to fire all non-married men. Through a little misstep ("All married men step forward", then Ben Blue bumps into Billy and pushes him forward into the married men line), the boss believes Billy to be married. In order to fool the boss, Ben dresses up as Billy's wife, boss brings Daisy to Billy's to prove to her that Billy's married, and a very amusing scene ensues where Ben Blue, in the most hideous drag outfit ever, pretends to be Billy's wife.
More confusion and slapstick hijinks ensue, but in the end the truth comes out and Daisy forgives Billy and marries him. In a scene entitled "Later" (apparently 9+ months later), Billy and Ben are rushing to the maternity ward. Billy's taxi rumbles a little and bulges out at the sides, and enters the hospital garage after Billy parks it. The doc comes out to tell Billy he's had twins, and a moment later we see the taxi emerge from the garage followed by two tiny taxis -- very amusing! And then a third tiny taxi emerges, which confused me! :-)
Cute funny little film. I've never heard of the Taxi Boys, but they were pretty entertaining. Ben Blue most especially, and Billy Gilbert was good too - he reminded me a bit of Oliver Hardy in appearance (physique and facial features).
