A Trailer Tragedy

1940
17m

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Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-p... Read allEdgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-payment. Edgar discovers that Pop had failed to mail the money order he had given him for t... Read allEdgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-payment. Edgar discovers that Pop had failed to mail the money order he had given him for the payment. He also finds some other items Pop failed to take care of.

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5.6/10

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Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Vivien Oakland

Vivien Kennedy

Billy Franey

Vivien's Father
(as Bill Franey)

Tiny Sandford

Tiny
(as Tiny Sanford)

Charlie Hall

Homeless Thief in Washroom

Tom Dempsey

Carl Kruger

Kernan Cripps

Trailer Repossesor
(uncredited)

Reed Howes

Motorcycle Driver
(uncredited)

Director
- Harry D'Arcy
Writers
- Harry D'Arcy
- George Jeske
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6/10

Vacation

Edgar Kennedy and wife Vivian Oakland are taking a vacation in their trailer, while her father, Billy Franey drive..... until it turns out Billy didn't mail in the latest auto payment, so it's repossessed and they have to park the trailer in a trailer camp, courtesy of the Auto Club.... until it turns out Billy didn't mail that check either. At least they still have the trailer.

This is Edgar's backup family in his RKO shorts series. It ran from 1933 through his death in 1948, and featured Edgar's temperamental fireworks, capped off with his 'slow burn.' This one is ornamented by a couple of clowns from his days at the Hal Roach sstudio: Tiny Sandford, who always played cops for the comic, even though he might play a musketeer for Douglas Fairbanks; and Charlie Hall, a graduate of the Karno troupe like Chaplin and Stan Laurel, always the pugnacious little guy willing to battle with everyone. He's a lot of fun here fr a standard, funny episode.