"The Milky Way" follows a typical Lloyd scenario - Harold is unwittingly thrust into becoming something he's not - in this case a mild mannered milkman becomes a boxing champ.
As usual for the Lloyd talkies, very little new ground is broken, but in terms of sheer entertainment value, it stacks up nicely against the other films of it's time.
Particularly notable here is the outstanding supporting cast, especially Adolphe Menjou as the sleazy manager and his real life wife, Verree Teasdale as the gangster moll, who steals scene- after-scene with rapid-fire sarcastic quips that would be emulated by a generation of film noir "lippy dames" from Gloria Grahame to Lauren Bacall.
A comedic precursor to boxing noir - check it out.
As usual for the Lloyd talkies, very little new ground is broken, but in terms of sheer entertainment value, it stacks up nicely against the other films of it's time.
Particularly notable here is the outstanding supporting cast, especially Adolphe Menjou as the sleazy manager and his real life wife, Verree Teasdale as the gangster moll, who steals scene- after-scene with rapid-fire sarcastic quips that would be emulated by a generation of film noir "lippy dames" from Gloria Grahame to Lauren Bacall.
A comedic precursor to boxing noir - check it out.