Now's the Time (film)

Now's the Time
Produced by	Al Christie
Starring	Harry Barris
Distributed by	Educational Pictures
Release dates	June 12, 1932
Running time	2 reels
Country	United States
Language	English

Now's the Time is a 1932 short musical comedy film starring Harry Barris with Mary Carlisle as his leading lady. Its title is taken from its theme song, the popular Eddie Cantor song "Now's the Time to Fall in Love." Its working title was Love Nuts.^[1]

Plot

A summary from Motion Picture Herald reads:

The comedy concerns a girl for whom Barris falls, her sister, and the latter's husband played by big and big-voiced Edgar Kennedy, who believes Barris is making advances to his wife, and who pursues him with a large shotgun. It goes off at the wrong time, of course.^[2]

Reception

"This Harry Barris comedy contains more really funny gags than any of the previous things in which he has been featured," a critic wrote for Photoplay.^[3] "It's fast and funny," a writer for The Film Daily claimed, "and about the best short that Barris has appeared in."^[4]

References

1. Wilk, Ralph (March 6, 1932). "A Little from Lots". The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
2. "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. New York: Quigly Publishing Co. June 4, 1932. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
3. "Short Subjects of the Month". Photoplay. New York: Photoplay Publishing Co. August 1932. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
4. "Reviews of Short Subjects". The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. May 22, 1932. Retrieved February 20, 2016.