They Know Their Groceries
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They Know Their Groceries is a 1929 Vitaphone Varieties short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It stars vaudeville comedy duo Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles and features an African American cast. The plot involves inattentive grocers.[1][2] Sam Sax was the producer.[2]
Foy was himself a vaudevillian in a family of vaudevillians before he got into directing and producing films.
A review of the film described it as funny but not hilarious.[3]
Cast
- F. E. Miller
- Aubrey Lyles
- Vivienne Baber
- Onion Jeffrey
- Paul Floyd
- Oswald Lyles
References
- ^ Webb, Graham (July 13, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN 9781476681184 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Liebman, Roy (May 20, 2015). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland. ISBN 9781476609362 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (April 27, 2009). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443192 – via Google Books.
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