Edgar has to buy his landlord a new used car and falls into the clutches of fast-talking salesmen in this funny episode of his long-running series from RKO, THE COMMON MAN.
Used-car salesmen long had a reputation for selling shoddy goods at inflated prices, and this short takes full advantage of the reputation, with the double-talk and add-ons coming fast and furious. The modern viewer may think the entire matter unlikely .... until confronted with a long page of small type which gives up all rights when attempting to actually use some software he has just paid money for.
Kennedy had begun in the movies with Keystone in1912 and by the 1930s was a well-known supporting comic in features, as well as headlining this series until his death in 1948.
Used-car salesmen long had a reputation for selling shoddy goods at inflated prices, and this short takes full advantage of the reputation, with the double-talk and add-ons coming fast and furious. The modern viewer may think the entire matter unlikely .... until confronted with a long page of small type which gives up all rights when attempting to actually use some software he has just paid money for.
Kennedy had begun in the movies with Keystone in1912 and by the 1930s was a well-known supporting comic in features, as well as headlining this series until his death in 1948.
