Open The Door, Richard! (film short)

Dusty Fletcher

1945 clip

Clinton “Dusty” Fletcher got his start in Hollywood in the 1933 film “Rufus Jones for President” but it was this 1945 short “Open The Door Richard” that would depict the true depths of his comedic talents.

*Dusty is wearing slap shoes in the film to great effect, it was this sort of over the top physical comedy that became his trademark.

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