Cutey and the Chorus Girls (1913) User Reviews

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[boblipton · 5/10 · 10 September 2016]

Wally Van pays a bit of attention to Flora Finch, a chorus girl (!) in a stage show. His friends hire a simply enormous fellow to force him to do the right thing by her.

This Vitagraph comedy looks as if it was originally planned to be a John Bunny team-up with Miss Finch, but Mr. Bunny always had a bright eye for the pretty girls in the movies, so little Wally Van, always a dependable comic actor for Vitagraph got the part. While everyone has their moments, this one seems to be a little slow; Mr. Van is a bit too straightforward for the rococo elaborations that might make his performance funnier.

If you wish to see this one, there is a handsome print on the Eye Institute site on Youtube.

It pleased the audience markedly

[deickemeyer · 29 August 2017]

A very funny picture, full of laughs, very entertaining; it pleased the audience markedly. It was written by Mrs. Breuil in a playful mood and successfully produced by James Young. Of today's comedies, it is perhaps the best and every one of today's releases is a good offering to the money-paying public. Wallie Van, as Cutey, lives up to his role and is well assisted by Flora Finch, the most tender-hearted one of the chorus; by Hughie Mack, a good natured comedian whose chortling smile is catching, and Harry Lambert, another of his companions. Leah Baird and Lillian Walker also add much. The Vitagraph tall man is in it. The photography is very good. - The Moving Picture World, April 26, 1913