tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post7471745938111712412..comments2023-10-11T03:36:57.563-04:00Comments on Robert Benchley Society: Benchley Movie "Syncopation" Recently Released on Blu-raytomshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279674220712896692noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post-82039957059409448912015-04-05T15:42:02.122-04:002015-04-05T15:42:02.122-04:00Scandal! Robert Benchley isn't in this movie a...Scandal! Robert Benchley isn't in this movie after all. I just watched it on Amazon. Benchley IS listed in the credits (as "Doakes") but never shows up.<br /><br />Further investigation reveals this from the AFI:<br /><br />"[The original version] ran 13,118 feet or 146 minutes. As evidenced by the inclusion in the CBCS list of several characters who do not appear in the film including those portrayed by Robert Benchley and Walter Catlett, the film was severely cut before its release at a running time of 88 minutes. Among the sequences filmed, but cut, was one in which "Johnny" finds his musical inspiration while living with hoboes."<br /><br />The film is loaded with spots you'd *expect* to see Benchley doing a big -- speakeasies, jazz clubs, etc. As I say, scandalous that they cut him out.Mr. Holznagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048970077884096834noreply@blogger.com