Pay As You Enter (1928)
50 mins | Comedy | 19 May 1928
Director:
Lloyd BaconWriters:
Fred Stanley, Gregory RogersCinematographer:
Norbert BrodineProduction Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.The 4 Feb 1928 Motion Picture News announced Pay As You Enter as a forthcoming Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. release, starring Louise Fazenda and Clyde Cook. The 12 Feb 1928 FD, which erroneously listed the actor as Clive Brook, named Lloyd Bacon as director.
The 3 Mar 1928 Motion Picture News listed an anticipated 19 May 1928 release date. Production was underway by mid-Mar 1928, when a 17 Mar 1928 Motion Picture News item stated that exteriors were currently being filmed at the “car barns” in Los Angeles, CA. On 28 Mar 1928, FD reported that filming was completed. The 14 Apr 1928 Motion Picture News confirmed that principal photography had finished at Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, CA.
Although the 5 May 1928 Motion Picture News listed a 12 May 1928 release date, several other news items at that time announced the opening as 19 May 1928. Several months later, Pay As You Enter opened in New York City for one day only on 22 Aug 1928 at the Tivoli Theatre, according to the 29 Aug 1928 Var review. Var complained of the weak story and the failed attempts at comedy by Fazenda and Cook. ...
The 4 Feb 1928 Motion Picture News announced Pay As You Enter as a forthcoming Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. release, starring Louise Fazenda and Clyde Cook. The 12 Feb 1928 FD, which erroneously listed the actor as Clive Brook, named Lloyd Bacon as director.
The 3 Mar 1928 Motion Picture News listed an anticipated 19 May 1928 release date. Production was underway by mid-Mar 1928, when a 17 Mar 1928 Motion Picture News item stated that exteriors were currently being filmed at the “car barns” in Los Angeles, CA. On 28 Mar 1928, FD reported that filming was completed. The 14 Apr 1928 Motion Picture News confirmed that principal photography had finished at Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, CA.
Although the 5 May 1928 Motion Picture News listed a 12 May 1928 release date, several other news items at that time announced the opening as 19 May 1928. Several months later, Pay As You Enter opened in New York City for one day only on 22 Aug 1928 at the Tivoli Theatre, according to the 29 Aug 1928 Var review. Var complained of the weak story and the failed attempts at comedy by Fazenda and Cook.
Mary Smith, waitress on a lunch wagon concession, loves "Terrible Bill," the conductor, who courts Yvonne, a notorious gold digger. Clyde Jones, the motorman on the lunch wagon, loves Mary but is too shy to approach her. Bill becomes interested in Mary when she is awarded $1,000 in damages from an automobile accident. Hoping to take the money and run, Bill tries to elope with Mary on a streetcar. He is prevented from accomplishing his end by Clyde, who overtakes Bill and brings the wildly careening streetcar under ...
Mary Smith, waitress on a lunch wagon concession, loves "Terrible Bill," the conductor, who courts Yvonne, a notorious gold digger. Clyde Jones, the motorman on the lunch wagon, loves Mary but is too shy to approach her. Bill becomes interested in Mary when she is awarded $1,000 in damages from an automobile accident. Hoping to take the money and run, Bill tries to elope with Mary on a streetcar. He is prevented from accomplishing his end by Clyde, who overtakes Bill and brings the wildly careening streetcar under control.
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