{"id":41783,"date":"2026-07-02T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41783"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:35:41","slug":"41783","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41783","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bigger and Better Blondes&#8221; (1927) starring Charley Chase and Jean Arthur \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z070226zview_biggerbetter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Bigger and Better Blondes <\/i>(1927)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>James Parrott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>H.M. Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Charley Chase, Jean Arthur, May Wallace<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charley is given the assignment to carry $60,000.00 of a client&#8217;s expensive jewelry back to the shop.\u00a0 Along the way he decides to stop for lunch.\u00a0 Across the diner Charley sees a woman he&#8217;s attracted to.\u00a0 In an effort to impress her, Charley puts on one of the rings he&#8217;s supposed to deliver.\u00a0 Problem is, the ring belongs to the woman.\u00a0 \u00a0She sees Charley wearing it, and thinks he stole it.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, a group of thieves sees Charley wearing the expensive ring and that he&#8217;s carrying a load of jewelry.\u00a0 They decide to steal it all.<\/p>\n<p>Let the antics begin!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charley Chase was an writer, director and actor.\u00a0 Although he died at a relatively young age (46), his resume includes 282 acting roles, 174 films as a director and 37 as writer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bigger and Better Blondes<\/em> was directed by Charley Chase&#8217;s brother.<\/p>\n<p>The $60,000.00 in jewels would be worth over a million dollars in today&#8217;s money.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Arthur appeared in only one Hal Roach production and this is it.\u00a0 Arthur would go on to major stardom in the 1930s and 40s.\u00a0 Her last feature film appearance was in <em>Shane<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Bigger and Better Blondes <\/i>(1927)<\/strong> rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z060426zview_forgottensweeties2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bigger and Better Blondes (1927) Director: James Parrott Screenplay: \u00a0H.M. Walker Stars:\u00a0 Charley Chase, Jean Arthur, May Wallace. 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