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Two Plus Fours is a 1930 Campus Comedies short film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris). The film was shot in 5 days starting on May 29, 1930 at a cost of $19,689. It previewed in mid-June and was shipped early in July 1930.^[1]

Plot summary

The Rhythm Boys are some of the students from Tait College who patronize a tailor named Ginsberg who is affectionately known as Ripstitch. The tailor hits financial problems and is threatened with eviction by a bullying landlord. He is eventually saved by the support of all the students led by the Rhythm Boys.^[2]

Cast

Nat Carr as Ripstitch the Tailor
Thelma Hill as Mary Ginsberg - Max's Daughter
Harry Barris as Harry
Bing Crosby as Bing
Al Rinker as Al
Edgar Dearing as Rent Collector
Spec O'Donnell as Spec

Soundtrack

The Stein Song - sung by The Rhythm Boys on two occasions, the second of which is a parody.

References

^ Giddins, Gary (2001). A Pocketful of Dreams. New York: Little, Brown and Co. p. 224. ISBN 0-316-88188-0.
^ Macfarlane, Malcolm (2001). Bing Crosby - Day by Day. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-8108-4145-2.

External links

Two Plus Fours at IMDb
The short film Two Plus Fours is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

[1] Giddins, Gary (2001). A Pocketful of Dreams. New York: Little, Brown and Co. p. 224. ISBN 0-316-88188-0.

[2] Macfarlane, Malcolm (2001). Bing Crosby - Day by Day. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-8108-4145-2.

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