Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943) MANTAN MORELAND

[@mulelpi2151]

I just discovered Mantan Moreland a few days ago in King of the Zombies. I have been binge-watching his movies on the Tube ever since! What an under-rated comedic genius he was!

[@davhuf3496]

Funny guy!

[@feralbluee]

not at all underrated. he was very well known. he was in almost every Charlie Chan movie - wouldn’t have been the same without him. you should see him and his partner do their routine in one of the films. they’re incredible. what timing. :). so glad you discovered him. 😋🌷 btw, there were many character actors who were very well known and in many movie whom we don’t know today!! like the guy who plays the Irish captain in this one. he was all over the place. it’s only the big stars most people remember. without the character actors, the stars wouldn’t shine the way they do, obviously. but people not in the business are not as aware of them. a musical wouldn’t work without a great chorus line - singers and dancers!!

[@pinkbeautytwinkle]

Mantan Moreland steals the show as usual! So funny!

[@marywilliams9858]

Mantan is great.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Mantan Moreland is first class with Frankie Darro, Charlie Chan etc. movies. Great actor I thoroughly enjoy watching. He adds his comedic touches to all the movies he appears in no matter what his character part is portraying.

[@terriwarner8682]

I love Mr. Mantan Moreland!! Such an excellent comedic actor. I respect him immensely!!

[@clarezigner6028]

Mantan Moreland was a great actor who brightened every film in which he acted.

[@fuzzyburnette7161]

Mantan Moreland is the sole reason I gave a thumbs up. I can't list all the movies he saved with his wide eyed look, mutteredasides or perfectly timed slapstick. It's a sin that he never appears on listsof greatest movie comics.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

I agree with you, Mantan Moreland is awesome in all the movies I see him in. Very underrated actor!

[@chrisnewport7826]

He may not be on that list but he had that stature.

[@chrisnewport7826]

@Human Being not underrated, just lost.

[@oldude979]

@Human Being Yeah, but they were, at least, recognized in their own time. Black entertainers weren't recognized then or now. BTW how can u compare being "discarded after their type became out of vogue" with a premeditated effort to deny talent purely based on a person's race ? At least people knew that Chaplin and Buster Keaton were HUNAN BEINGS. In 1943 the majority of people in the U.S. did not believe that Black people were HUNAN BEINGS. If you're not HUMAN how can you be called an artist?? (Same argument used to justify slavery.)

[@oldude979]

@Human Being I had a feeling you were a copperhead and your real feelings would surface.

[@jamesjordan5214]

It would be a sad world without old movies! The Internet would be a sad place without KZbin! And Mantan Moreland!

[@charlottewhyte9804]

+James Jordan you are so correct good on you luv you

[@Alf2555]

James Jordan you are right

[@juliemerritt8082]

James Jordan so true.

[@birdlynn417]

Yep, that's all I watch on internet and all I want to watch. :)

[@1949LA-ARCH]

I agree with you !

[@Red23165]

I enjoy watching Mantan Moreland he in a lot of Charlie Chan movies which I do enjoy watching him he is very good actor and funny

[@lindarocco9974]

Mantan Moreland is marvelous. I look forward to seeing many more of his performances. Thank you Pizza Flix for a fun-filled movie.

[@williamgibson3024]

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[@garylandrum9036]

This is much better than movies of today,that's why I love KZbin and the good people bring us good movies such as this

[@bethparker1500]

Thank you. If it's a Moreland movie, it is watched first!

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.

[@dianevitale1214]

Mantan - what a joy! Thanks Pizza.

[@artroraback8663]

This is a nice little movie. You can't go wrong with Edgar Kennedy or Mantan Moreland.

[@taskew1966]

I really enjoyed this movie. Although, it's hard not to enjoy anything with Mantan Moreland in it. Thanks for the upload.

[@johndrzymkowski7899]

we had morals and values in those days! thank you for great entertainment. please continue to show them.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Cultural degeneracy now, catered to by statutory pimps.

[@graemesmith6721]

Unfortunately, we also had blatant racism and sexism.

[@vernalc2449]

"I can't sing, mister, my tongue done backed up into my throat!" Mantan Moreland is ALWAYS great.

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

Mantan moreland is an excellent actor n comic in his time he's greatly missed Charles chan series was also one of our partime favorites until now my kids too thanks somuch for sharing this classic movie keep it coming 😅😅😅😅❤❤❤

[@sabraparker7386]

I agree with you. I really enjoy old classics

[@charlottewhyte9804]

+Sabra Parker me too

[@alisiaj3322]

My muse.

[@carlnapp8673]

It's always a pleasure to see the wonderful cars they once have built in the US.

[@trukeesey8715]

They were top-heavy. In the late fifties and early sixties, the teenagers of my neighborhood had old 1940s cars, which they made into hot rods. Every Sunday one or the other of them would come to the basketball court after a weekend of drinkin, havin rolled his car. They tended to roll over on curves in the road if the speed were slightly too high. . The sheet metal was so thick that many times the rooves didn't collapse, and if the speed was low enough, the occupants were unharmed. An uncle of mine was a PA state trooper, and died rollin his cop car, Warren Keesey. A bachelor, he is buried about York PA with a tiny block of stone embedded in the grass with his name on it, no doubt sunken into the soil by now.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

I love the old cars, I am also a antique car collector.

[@MiqueCapel]

my beloved old actor Mantan Moreland wherever he is, he's wonderful

[@debbiebalnaves4842]

Love Mantan Moreland Great comedian, funny to watch Found him in Charlie Chan movies and been watching him in whatever movies he'd been in

[@francesjolly5106]

Me also. Had I only know what a talent

[@coston61]

Thank You Thank You I Really Do Love These Type Of Movies 👏❤👏❤👏❤

[@burnellbrowne4303]

Mantan Moreland is one of my favorite Actors I make a point of searching out his films which are many, well over 150 movies in total. I think b/w movies are among the best even today we have tech but not much SOUL in our movies like in the past, but much better THANK YOU Mr. MORELAND and many others.

[@buzsalmon]

What a grand movie I truly enjoyed it Sauce! Thanks a lot for showing it!

[@queensuejesuseschild3136]

Great old movies with strong American and others that didn't cuss no nudity no racist no hidden messages just good old movie to intertain the people watching great actors and actresses that was called that too where women was women and men was men. Great plots with great writers that the actors acted didn't just read lines like today movies that aren't half as good as these old movies are. I thank you for posting this movies they are great and people should watch these today to see real actors and actresses act.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Mantan Moreland !

[@josephdondero6275]

Mantan Moreland is a riot. I love him in the old Charlie Chan films. He adds a special something to these old cops and robbers flicks. 😊

[@marylousherman5471]

Haven't seen Gale Storm since her silly sit-com in the early 60's. Love these old flicks!

[@trukeesey8715]

Her "My Little Margie" was a feminist series on tv.

[@lindawilson4774]

Pure comedic genius Moreland. Laughed my head off...dog my cat.

[@rickyhogan2749]

i love these, thank you for the upload

[@angelsaltamontes7336]

If Cap'n Murphy (3:00) ain't Larry Fine, he must be his brother on the faaarce...Mantan? He da Man, man!!! Whatta pip he'dabin with Charlie Chan---wait, he was! If they'd stopped making movies in 1959 we'd never have missed a thing. THESE was THE DAYS.

[@jimmyboone4317]

Edgar Kennedy...

[@mikeymike3240]

Great wee movie, thanks for uploading it. 😎👍👍👍

[@jamesjordan5214]

I have never seen this movie. Thanks.

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Thank you so much for that. I meant what I said. (Wrote!) He may been slightly stereotyped but, nevertheless, he was always excellent. Will google him for further details. Regards. Ronald Strange.

[@toroon]

Don't know who any of these people are...better than anything on the tube

[@resculptit]

I normally complain about the audio... but this movie is 72 years old - Well Dog My Cats !!

[@ronaldstrange8981]

What a great little movie. Such a pleasant way to pass an hour. Quality not too good but adequately compensated for by the overall excellence. As usual, the wonderful black actor stole the picture. I always enjoy his performances. Sadly, don't kkow his name. Many thanks for this.

[@PizzaFLIX]

MANTAN MORELAND

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Quite correct Sir. A good point taken and appreciated.

[@feralbluee]

Mantan :) :) :) 💕 Loved him as a kid in Charlie Chan films - late 1950’s. Man, do I love his laugh! And what a comic actor :) :) :) :) So many actors I remember in this movie. So good to see “old friends”. 🎭🎬

[@SHIRLEYGiffordCashmanMS]

Entertaining Movie! And Mantan Moreland is always great!

[@girlgeniusNYC]

Well dog my cats, what a lovely movie!! Thanks PIZZAFLIX!

[@gunnyu.s.m.c8606]

thanks for sharing

[@dennislyon8030]

Nothing better than an old movie to take you away from the world today.No Actors today with this much ability 🎉🎉🎉❤

[@stuart.8273]

A real good old film probably aimed at kids on a drizzly wet Saturday afternoon during those war years. In context Cosmo Jones probably created a great laugh in the theater. It'd be unfair to criticize it by today's standards. Just leave it alone for what it is: a glimpse of a long gone era.

[@APRAPR-nq2wn]

perfectly said

[@nickmad887]

love them old ones

[@waderaney7]

Excellent ☺

[@feralbluee]

This is really a good movie! I like it a lot. And it’s well edited, directed, acted, and directed. :) Wish the print were better.😊

[@rodclay65]

Another great performance by Edgar Kennedy.

[@shirleyrandle3138]

Thanks again PF

[@willmurtaugh8479]

edgar kennedy was another great character actor during that time

[@carolynhughes8364]

will murtaugh the little rascals really gave him a time and even the tree stooges had a go t him.

[@jeffaltier5582]

Love me these B movies from poverty row. And Mantan Moreland is always a win.

[@mikekemp9877]

brilliant movie are there any more in the series thanks for posting

[@johndpoore9062]

I wonder if edger Kennedy and George Kennedy were family relatives? Good fun movie, like all Mantan Moreland films. Thanks for the show. Jp from Indiana

[@TheDriscy]

Man tan is also in a lot of the Charley Chan movies as his Butler, Lts of scary movies and Mantan;s legs shating.

[@paulmcginn5146]

was practicing guitar, took a break and seen this. looks like fun.

[@markrubin9449]

Feets don't fail me now!

[@michaelwertzy9808]

"Little Feat", Lowell George.

[@daniellecrevier970]

Great movie. Thank you

[@scottjustscott127]

Mantan Moreland what a talent!!! Sadly to say that he was so stereotyped in performance at the time when black people were only offered typical parts of being less than bright. Even so, they contributed so much to entertainment and amusement. Their talent and contribution to acting stands out well today. May they always be remembered for being greatly talented.

[@JackFlaps]

there where a lot of white actors in demeaning roles as stereotypical "bumbling cops" Mantan Moreland stands out because of his talent

[@brianblack6190]

I love all these all movies I sit up and watch him

[@peterkolovos3079]

Mantan Moreland was a great actor. Too bad people believe his roles were racist in nature instead of realizing it was a much different time. I'm sure Moreland laughed all the way to the bank.

[@davetopper]

In one way he did in another he also regreted ever doing it. He said so himself in 1959 that he regreted portraying his people in that way.

[@alainjames9556]

@@davetopper I don't believe that. Mantan Moreland had nothing to apologize for. What is your source?

[@alainjames9556]

@Humphrey Hogan So you think that Mantan, an original and brilliant performer, owes someone an apology? I don't. I'm grateful for his films and his recordings.

[@alainjames9556]

@Humphrey Hogan And you don't like Mantan Moreland because you're Black? Give him a chance. Listen to his recordings - his live performances in clubs and theaters before Black audiences who absolutely love him - as do I.

[@alainjames9556]

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[@georgimihailov4906]

I love Frank Graham, who played Cosmo Jones. He played characters in the Tex Avery MGM cartoons, including the Wolf in ''Droopy''.

[@usermikes]

They don't make movies like this anymore...Now it's all CRAP-O-LA....

[@charlottewhyte9804]

+Jack “The Bull” Val quite agree yea

[@charlottepall6828]

Today's movies are about sex ,violence and no plot

[@debbiegonzales1314]

A great movie comedy with a mystery on the side

[@JoeLibby]

Edgar Kennedy in a police uniform once again. "Kennedy always gets his man!!"

[@carolynhughes8364]

Joe Libby officer Kennedy from the little rascals and showed up with the three stooges 🤪

[@howardkerr8174]

Haven't seen the movie yet, but the music for the opening credits sounds like something from the 30s, or even late 20s. I asked my parents if they ever went to the movies when they were "kids", they both said no. Mostly they didn't have the time, but I suspect they also couldn't afford it.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

"Kids" lol. In the Hollywood world even people in their 20's are "kids", a weird misnomer.

[@trukeesey8715]

Admission prices to theaters were very cheap back then unlike today. Folks were much more prosperous except durin the Great Depression. Now in post-bellum Dixie and in the Dust Bowl there may have been exceptions.

[@snewsan6645]

My mom was 7 when her dad died. Even that young, she had to work odd jobs to help my grandmother put food on their table. From the way she talked there wasn't ever much to eat. There was no money to waste regardless of how cheap the movies were. It's sad for me to think she never got to do things we take for granted.

[@robertshort8917]

I love these old who done it movies

[@michaeljayklein500]

I love Mantan and Edgar, but--but what the heck is Richard Cromwell doing in this? Talk about career slumps!

[@alangiles2763]

Richard Cromwell had a career outside acting as an artist and ceramicist, Michael

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Gale Storm and Mantan Moreland. This will be sehr schon!

[@theinvisibleartists4444]

I love these old movies but who would leave their car behind and walk and get abducted by a car load of thugs? Oh yeah I love to look at the old cars.

[@trukeesey8715]

They were top-heavy. In the late fifties and early sixties, the teenagers of my neighborhood had old 1940s cars, which they made into hot rods. Every Sunday one or the other of them would come to the outdoor basketball court after a weekend of drinkin, havin rolled his car. They tended to roll over on curves in the road if the speed was slightly too high. . The sheet metal was so thick that many times the rooves didn't collapse, and if the speed was low enough, the occupants were unharmed. An uncle of mine was a PA state trooper, and died rollin his cop car, Warren Keesey. A bachelor, he is buried about York PA with a tiny block of stone embedded in the grass with his name on it, no doubt sunken into the soil by now.

[@17noella]

thanks Pizza Flix love from Canada

[@arthurworkman4399]

this is right now being played on MoviesTVnetwork.net I had to replay this part just be sure I heard what I thought I heard. He said "where's that spook" 51:00. Wow they sure as hell wouldn't be able to get away with this now - oh hell no!!!

[@oldude979]

The way it was back then I'm surprised they didn't say "where's that ni___r". If they had said it no one would have even made note of it

[@rodneydowney2561]

Gale Storm, aka Margie from the fifties sitcom "My Little Margie.".

[@trukeesey8715]

That was a feminist program wherein her father was a milquetoast whom she constantly disobeyed.

[@rodneydowney2561]

@@trukeesey8715 And he always ended the episode with "That's my little mah-ji."

[@trukeesey8715]

@@rodneydowney2561 Right. You got me chucklin because I forgot about that; and that was my mother's name, and her dad was from Maine, and sounded a bit like that. It was almost like they say, "Were you spyin on my life when you made that show?"

[@amandawilcox9638]

Rodney Downey, She also had her own singing and variety show, named aptly, "The Galel Storm Show".

[@WakandaBabe]

Gale Storm of 'My Little Margie'.

[@YOGI-yl4ff]

+ohsnapiam59 Hi, Didn't Gale Storm have another show with (Zazu?) Pitts. She was a cruise director if I remember correctly. Fond memories.

[@WakandaBabe]

OH Suzanna!

[@YOGI-yl4ff]

LOL. THAT WAS IT! Thanks

[@marylousherman5471]

Rachel Moore...yes, she was always fawning after the ship's captain...I used to watch it at lunchtime in elementary school...1961? Thought it was called The Gale Storm Show...(?)

[@r.w.3339]

yes you are right and i'm 74 and remember it and i believe it was named like a lot of the TV shows she had two that i know of ane seen one was " My little Margie" and the other you mention with Zazu Pitts was what else but " The Gale Storm Show.!

[@Red23165]

Great classic ❤❤

[@rodneydowney2561]

Moreland carries this otherwise flimsy film.

[@vernalc2449]

Very underrated actor.

[@Nick-ty9us]

Frank Graham gets to show off some voices he can do and he was known as the man of 1000 voices on radio on dramatic shows

[@tracysutton7408]

Cosmo reminds me of the late Will Hay for some reason.

[@coobay978]

The elimination of crime must be done away with. Did he really say that.

[@nolawest5183]

"Welw Dowg my Cat!"

[@RockOfLions]

My old pappy used to say that

[@benniedonald]

Mantan Moreland was Moe and Larry's choice to replace Shemp and Curly aka Jerome Howard. The studio powers that be insisted they use someone already on payroll instead.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Interesting facts. Thanks 🍕🍕🍕

[@frankpeter6851]

Getting pretty strong cohen bros vibe

[@j3lny425]

Tristan Coffin, From '26 Men' and countless other western TV shows as the gang leader.

[@harrisbobroff9813]

Beauties abound!

[@joesouza1147]

Cosmo looks like the Rev Jim from Taxi.

[@feralbluee]

Bravi! Applause! 🤣🤹🏽

Strike your color,no one born after the 50s got that joke.

[@josephlemko3027]

Mantan Moreland is the only reason to watch this mediocre film.In my opinion, Mr. Moreland is an American treasure. I have enjoyed this comic master for most of my life.

[@davidwilburn567]

I like these old movie.

[@hertzair1186]

Mantan was on the shortlist to replace Shemp as the 3rd stooge per Moe’s request, but Joe Besser was already on the Columbia payroll so they had to use him...what a shame. Mantan would have been brilliant as a stooge.

[@edibleg]

Yes sir Mister Benny

[@gregb6469]

That's not Rochester, that's Birmingham from the Charlie Chan series.

[@trukeesey8715]

omg

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@FedUpTimeOut]

audio only beginning at 56:41, audio only from that point. :-(

[@bubby2325]

Gale was much prettier as a brunette; almost didn't recognize her as a blonde.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Usually the blonde's skin tone and the brunette's have a different hue.

[@trukeesey8715]

Her "My Little Margie" was a feminist series on tv.

[@skyleircolors9151]

These all actors must've passed away.... from 2019

[@janejames9173]

I love this movie💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@francesjolly5106]

When does the star of the show appear 9:09

[@donfarlan214]

How does the cop have the foreign accent did he jump off the boat right into the police department

[@trukeesey8715]

I saw a video of a courtroom proceedin the other day wherein the judge had an eastern European jewish accent. His name was russian.

[@RockOfLions]

Many ethnic groups lived in communities that perpetrated their accents just like some do today but back then there were more Little Irelands, Little Italys and Little Germanys than Asian, Hispanic and middle eastern enclaves

[@michaelsigismonde7958]

Better enjoy these old movies with comedic genius Mantan. Before you know it, the crackheads from the "cancel" culture will have his movies banned, claiming some kind of racism.

[@PizzaFLIX]

I’ve been worried about that.

[@helenpellegrino7759]

We aren't going to let that happen. These movies are a treasure. Mantan is the best.

[@DavidRice111]

Cute little movie.

[@beegee1960]

The thing that is annoying is how they pro tray the police, especially thr higher ranks. No one could rise through the ranks if they were as stupid as they make them out to be.

[@wasteddude9387]

Alice Soefje So you understand why some people are annoyed by Mantan Moreland's comedic skills.

[@jayo552]

Contrarily only stupid cops are promoted; hi-ranked officials are forbidden 2 hv a thinking process

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@jayo552 Government agents are more or less stupid; look who manage them: politicians, who are dumber still.

[@ValamirCleaver]

At 2:00 is that Mel Blanc offering to, "get you a car"?