Movie Details
Theatrical Release:August 27th, 1942
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures
Old Blackout Joe (1942)
An airraid warden in Harlem everyone turns out their lights willingly All except for one A lantern whose flame refuses to go out Joe plays catandmouse with the flame a while blowing it toward a box of TNT he quickly inhales swallowing the flame He coughs it back out The flame hides on Joes finger he cant figure out where its coming from and scratches his head The flame smoulders under his hat engulfing him in a black cloud The flame then migrates to his foot giving him a hotfoot He transfers the flame back to the lamp then drops the lamp into a manhole where it acts like a searchlight The cover is no help as its got more holes than Joe can plug especially since the light goes right through his ears Finally hes about to put out the light with TNT when the all clear is sounded but too late he still blows up the manhole covers which all land right on Joe
StarringDanny Webb
