SKYSCRAPER
starring William Boyd , Alan Hale and Sue Carol
PICTURE PLAY MAGAZINE
July, 1928
Very close to earth is "Skyscraper," in spite of its lofty title. It would be sheer ostentation to call it a story, so we shall say nothing about that. Let us, then, identify it as a chronicle of two steel riveters, Blondy and Swede, their gustily humorous pranks and their underlying sentimentality - for they are buddies in the manner of screen teams. A chorus girl named Sally flits through the picture, displaying close-ups of her legs, and robust humor is attempted in the frequent dislodgement of Swede's false tooth. "Hello, Brooklyn! Where's your bridge?" is one of the subtitles. Many scenes show the two workmen perched aloft on steel girders of a building under construction, and a visit to Coney Island is shown in comic detail. William Boyd and Alan Hale are, respectively, Blondy and Swede, impersonating the roughnecks in the manner of accomplished actors, while Sue Carol is a pretty Sally, and Alberta Vaughn is inconspicuously present.
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