1942SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
LEON ERROL, FRANCES CARSON, WALTER REED, CHARLIE HALL, DICK MARTIN.
LEON'S SON IS SEEN WITH A TORCH SINGER BUT WORD GETS AROUND THAT IT'S DAD SHE'S SEEING. A REMAKE OF THE 1936 FORD STERLING COMEDY OF THE SAME NAME
LEON'S SON IS SEEN WITH A TORCH SINGER BUT WORD GETS AROUND THAT IT'S DAD SHE'S SEEING. A REMAKE OF THE 1936 FORD STERLING COMEDY OF THE SAME NAME
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1940s CONVERTIBLE CAR PULLS UP TO HOUSE, DRUNK MAN CLIMBS OUT OF CAR, FALLING, LAUGHING, TEETERING, TALKING TO THE WIND. LOUD, TELLS HIMSELF TO SSSHHH. DRUNK STAGGERS UP TO FRONT DOOR, CAN'T GET THE DOOR OPEN. DRUNK SEARCHING HIS POCKETS FOR HOUSE KEY
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| 01:12:55 62.53 |
DRUNK PATTING HIMSELF, LOOKING FOR KEY, FINDS KEY STUCK IN POCKET LINING, DRUNK TRYING TO COORDINATE BODY MOVEMENT WITH LITTLE SUCCESS
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| 01:13:26 93.53 |
DRUNK GOES TO SIT ON FLOWER BOX LEDGE, MISCALCULATES & FALLS ON THE GROUND STILL CLUTCHING HIS JACKET. PULLS OUT LIGHTER, SETS JACKET ON FIRE. DRUNK BURNING HIS JACKET
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| 01:14:11 138.53 |
WIFE IN BED WAITING FOR HER HUSBAND, ANXIOUS, TURNS ON NIGHT TABLE LIGHT, GETS OUT OF BED
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| 01:14:20 147.53 |
DRUNK DOUSING BURNING JACKET WITH SPRINKLER CAN FINDS HOUSE KEY, STUMBLES TO FRONT DOOR
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| 01:14:40 167.53 |
BOSSY WIFE OPENS DOOR AS DRUNK HUSBAND TRIES TO GET IN. WIFE ARMS AKIMBO, SLAMS THE DOOR ON HER HUSBAND. DRUNK STUMBLES INTO BUSHES
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| 01:15:14 201.53 |
SON COMES HOME IN TAXI, DRUNK FATHER STUMBLES INTO TAXI DRIVER, THINKS HE FORGOT TO PAY CAB FARE, SON LAUGHING AT FATHER. DRUNK FATHER TRYING TO BE THE DISCIPLINARY, CHANGES HIS MIND BECAUSE SON HAS A KEY TO THE HOUSE
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| 01:16:04 251.53 |
SON LETS DRUNK FATHER INTO HOUSE, HE STUMBLES IN SON SAYS GOODNIGHT
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| 01:16:14 261.53 |
CU DOOR TO ERROL HOSIERY COMPANY AD DEPT.
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| 01:16:20 267.53 |
IRIS IN NEWSPAPER COLUMN "TOWN GOSSIP" GOSSIP COLUMN INVOLVING DRUNK'S SON & BEAUTIFUL NIGHTCLUB SINGER
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| 01:16:30 277.53 |
SON READING GOSSIP COLUMN WITH WOMAN HE WAS SEEN WITH IN NIGHTCLUB. COUPLE KISSES JUST AS OFFICE WORKER WALKS IN, EYES POPPING. MAKES THROAT CLEARING SOUND TO ALERT THEM OF HIS PRESENCE
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| 01:16:56 303.53 |
SON'S BOSSY MOTHER ENTERS FAMILY OFFICE
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| 01:17:09 316.53 |
CU MAN WITH A HANGOVER, HOT WATER BOTTLE ON HIS HEAD. FLANKED BY TWO MANNEQUIN LEGS. HANGOVER CLICHE "NEVER AGAIN". RUBS HIS TEMPLES
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| 01:17:20 327.53 |
BOSSY WIFE STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS DESK, ACCUSING HIM OF CHEATING, HAVING AN AFFAIR CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, SON WAS SEEN WITH TORCH SINGER, NOT FATHER. CAN'T CONVINCE WIFE OF THAT
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| 01:18:16 383.53 |
AD MAN LOOKING OVER MODELS PHOTOGRAPHS. PLACES PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMAN'S LEGS ON AD BOARD. LEANS OVER DESK LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS
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| 01:18:36 403.53 |
HUSBAND READING GOSSIP COLUMN REALIZES HIS SON HAS BEEN GOING TO NIGHTCLUB. WIFE, ARMS AKIMBO, DOESN'T BELIEVE HIM. WIFE FINGER POINTING IN HUSBAND'S FACE. THREATENS HUSBAND WITH DIVORCE
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| 01:19:08 435.53 |
HUSBAND UPSET AT CONVERSATION WALKS INTO WALL
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| 01:19:16 443.53 |
FATHER CONFRONTING SON ABOUT ARTICLE IN PAPER, TELLS SON TO COME IN HIS OFFICE. SON & GIRLFRIEND CROSS FINGERS IN GOOD LUCK GESTURE
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| 01:19:59 486.53 |
WOMAN EAVESDROPPING ON CONVERSATION, TURNS &
WRITES SON NOTE ON HER PHOTOGRAPH & LEAVES |
| 01:20:24 511.53 |
SON COMES OUT OF FATHER'S OFFICE, CHASES AFTER GIRLFRIEND
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| 01:20:37 524.53 |
REPORTER INTERVIEWING ANGRY FATHER WHO DENIES ANY AFFAIR. TELLS REPORTER TO GET OUT WITH SWEEP OF HIS HAND JUST AS WIFE ENTERS OFFICE, SLAPS HER IN THE FACE. WIFE MAKE INCRIMINATING STATEMENT, REPORTER WRITES IT DOWN IN NOTEBOOK
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| 01:21:13 560.53 |
HUSBAND REALIZES FAUX PAS, CHASES AFTER REPORTER WHO ESCAPES
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| 01:21:18 565.53 |
WIFE IN HUSBAND'S OFFICE SEES PHOTOGRAPH WITH LOVE NOTE TO HER SON THINKS LOVE NOTE IS TO HER HUSBAND. HE TRIES TO EXPLAIN, WIFE WALKS OUT ON HUSBAND
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| 01:22:18 625.53 |
EXT/NIGHT: CAR PULLING UP TO NIGHTCLUB. CU SIGN "SILVER SLIPPER CLUB"
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| 01:22:25 632.53 |
1940s NIGHTCLUB, COUPLES DANCING, TORCH SINGER
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| 01:22:38 645.53 |
PANS TO MOTHER & SON AT TABLE, SON LOOKING FOR MOTHER'S APPROVAL IN SINGER GIRLFRIEND. MOTHER APPROVES
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| 01:22:46 653.53 |
CUSTOMER CHECKING HIS HAT AT COAT CHECK IN NIGHT CLUB. HAT CHECK GIRL. COAT CHECK GIRL.
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| 01:22:57 664.53 |
TORCH SINGER FINISHES SONG, JOINS BEAU & HIS MOTHER
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| 01:23:18 685.53 |
MAN ACTING NERVOUS IN NIGHTCLUB, WHISPERS IN WAITER'S EAR. WAITER WITH WRONG IMPRESSION THINKS OLD MAN IS A LECH
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| 01:23:38 705.53 |
WAITER GOES TO SINGER'S TABLE, SAYS "THAT GENTLEMAN AT THE FAR TABLE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU". ALL THREE LOOK & SEE HUSBAND / FATHER AT TABLE
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SINGER CONFRONTS BOYFRIEND'S FATHER, PLAYING COY, DOESN'T LET ON SHE'S THE GIRLFRIEND. MAKES BLANKET STATEMENT "NO ENTERTAINER COULD BE NICE"
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| 01:24:43 770.53 |
MAN DASHES OVER TO PHONE BOOTH, INTERRUPTS REPORTER ON TELEPHONE, PLAYS TRICK ON HIS FATHER
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| 01:24:54 781.53 |
REPORTER TAKES PHOTOGRAPH OF TORCH SINGER & OLD MAN, MAN GETS UP TO HIT REPORTER WITH A CHAIR PUTS CHAIR OVER HIS OWN HEAD, REPORTER RUNS OUT
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| 01:25:24 811.53 |
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, PHOTOGRAPH OF MAN WITH CHAIR OVER HIS HEAD & YOUNG TORCH SINGER
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| 01:25:34 821.53 |
MAN IN PHOTOGRAPH READING ARTICLE ABOUT HIMSELF, SIGHS, PUTS DOWN PAPER, RUBS HIS HEAD
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| 01:25:38 825.53 |
SON & MOTHER PLAYING TRICK ON FATHER / HUSBAND PAINT BLACK EYE ON TORCH SINGER, LAUGHING
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| 01:25:53 840.53 |
WIFE PRETENDING TO BE ANGRY AT HUSBAND SAYS SHE'S DIVORCING HIM "THIS IS THE LAST STRAW, GOODBYE". HUSBAND BEGGING WIFE. WIFE SLAMS DOOR IN HIS FACE
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| 01:26:02 849.53 |
SINGER WITH BLACK EYE PLAYING TRICK ON BOYFRIEND'S FATHER, MAKES HIM THINK SHE HAS JEALOUS HUSBAND, SCARES HIM INTO THINKING HER HUSBAND IS GOING TO NEAT HIM UP
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| 01:26:39 886.53 |
TELEPHONE RINGS, MAN'S VOICE RISES IN FRIGHT, SON DISGUISING HIS VOICE PLAYING TRICK ON HIS FATHER
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| 01:27:17 924.53 |
MAN FRIGHTENED FOR HIS LIFE PACING, RUBBING HIS HEAD
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MOTHER & SON SPYING EAVESDROPPING AT DOOR, EAR TO THE DOOR
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WHISTLING SON ENTERS FATHER'S OFFICE, FATHER SITTING HEAD IN HAND. SON HITS FATHER ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, TALKING TO HIS FATHER IN HIS OFFICE
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| 01:28:14 981.53 |
SON BRINGS HIS MOTHER & GIRLFRIEND IN, REVEAL TRICK THEY PLAYED ON HIM, FATHER BECOMES ANGRY, GOES TO PUNCH SON, REPORTER WALKS IN. MAN GOES TO PUNCH REPORTER, REPORTER DUCKS, MAN SLAPS HIS WIFE IN THE FACE, SHE SCREAMS, HE GRABS HIS WIFE APOLOGIZING PROFUSELY
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TAPE ENDS
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