1940SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
LEON ERROL, GEORGE MEEKER, LONA ANDRE, ADELE PEARCE, KATHERINE SHELDON. (1/12/40). LEON AS A LAWYER TO A POTENTIAL BIGAMIST.
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SECRETARY TALKING TO HE BOSS ON THE PHONE, BOSS ANGRY SHE FORGOT TO REMIND HIM OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT ABOUT A CLIENT BUT SHE INSISTS HE NEVER TOLD HER. THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE IMPORTANT NEWS WAS OVER THE PHONE MAN IN BKGD DRESSES FOR A WEDDING
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| 03:15:54 105 |
KNOCK ON THE DOOR, MAN DRESSED FOR A WEDDING TELLS THE MEN IT'S TIME
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BRIDES MAIDS FUSS OVER THE BRIDE BEFORE THE WEDDING.
EARLY 1940s BRIDAL FASHION WEDDING DRESS |
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SECRETARY YELLS AT HER BOSS AND HANGS UP THE PHONE HANGS UP ON HER BOSS
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| 03:16:42 153 |
ANGRY SECRETARY BANGS AT TYPEWRITER KEYS, RIPS PAPER OUT OF TYPEWRITER.
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LAWYER LEAVES WEDDING TO RETURN TO HIS OFFICE
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UNAWARE THAT A GUEST HAS LEFT THE HOUSE, WOMAN GIVES INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO ALLOW ANYONE ELSE INTO THE HOUSE NO GATE-CRASHERS
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| 03:17:17 188 |
NEWSBOY SELLS NEWSPAPERS ON THE STREET "EXTRA, EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT" LAWYER STOPS TO READ HEADLINE "MEXICAN DIVORCES DECLARED INVALID STATE SUPREME COURT". BOY WEARS JUGHEAD CAP. MAN PAYS NEWSBOY, BUYS ALL HIS PAPERS
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| 03:17:45 216 |
BORED DOORMEN PLAYING WITH A RING AND A STICK ON A STRING, GET THE RING ON THE STICK WHEN THE LAWYER COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE THEY THINK HE'S A GATE CRASHER AND WON'T LET HIM INTO THE HOUSE
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| 03:18:37 268 |
BRIDE'S MOTHER TELLS THE BRIDE AND BRIDES MAIDS IT'S TIME TO GO
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MEANWHILE, THE LAWYER IS STILL TRYING TO CONVINCE DOORMEN TO LET HIM IN, THAT THE GROOM IS STILL MARRIED TO SOMEONE ELSE. DOORMAN TELLS HIM TO "BEAT IT, SCRAM!" SLANG
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| 03:19:17 308 |
MAN SNEAKS INTO THE GARDEN PAST A CUPID STATUE, SEES A WORKER COMING DOWN A LADDER, GETS THE IDEA TO CLIMB THE LADDER INTO THE HOUSE, THE LADDER FALLS BACKWARDS AND HE LANDS IN A TREE & FALLS TO THE GROUND AND PASSES OUT
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| 03:19:58 349 |
PASSAGE OF TIME CLOCK GOES AROUND FAST FROM 3:00 TO 7:00
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| 03:20:00 351 |
MAN WAKES UP, REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS, SEES THE NEWSPAPER, GRABS IT AND RUNS
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NEWLYWEDS IN THEIR HOUSE ALONE NOW, WEDDING LONG OVER. LAWYER COMES IN TELLS GROOM HE MUST SEE HIM ALONE. GROOM SENDS HIS BRIDE UPSTAIRS.
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| 03:20:57 408 |
LAWYER TRIES TO TELL THE GROOM HE'S A POLYGAMIST BUT IS INTERRUPTED BY A PHONE CALL FROM THE GROOM'S FIRST WIFE WHO IS ANGRY ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT MEXICAN DIVORCES.
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| 03:22:26 497 |
LAWYER STOPS GROOM FROM GOING UPSTAIRS, SHOWS HIM THE NEWSPAPER, LAWYER TELLS THE FRANTIC GROOM TO GO UP AND TELL HIS BRIDE THE WHOLE STORY, BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST WIFE, LAWYER TELLS HIM SHE'S ON HER WAY OVER TO THE HOUSE
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DOORBELL RINGS, GROOM TELLS THE BUTLER NOT TO ANSWER THE DOOR. THE MEN LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, WHEN THEY SEE IT'S A MAN THEY LET HIM IN. A MAN FROM THE SHERRIF'S OFFICE TRIES TO SERVE PAPERS, LAWYER KNOCKS HIM OVER & SHUTS THE DOOR.
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| 03:24:03 594 |
BRIDE CALLS DOWN FOR THE GROOM TO COME UP, DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN, THEY CALL THE BUTLER OVER, HE ANSWERS THE DOOR & IT'S THE FIRST WIFE. BUTLER GETS KNOCKED OVER
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| 03:24:48 639 |
BRIDE'S MOTHER INTERRUPTS, THEY CONVINCE HER THE WOMAN IS THE LAWYER'S WIFE, ASKS THE BUTLER TO SHOW HER TO THE GUEST ROOM.
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| 03:25:30 681 |
UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT. BRIDE'S MOTHER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE MEN AREN'T GOING UPSTAIRS TO THEIR WIVES, GRABS BOTH OF THEM BY THE ARM AND ESCORTS THEM UPSTAIRS
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| 03:25:56 707 |
LAWYER TRIES TO CALM DOWN THE FIRST WIFE, THEN SLIPS OUT OF THE ROOM
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| 03:26:20 731 |
MAN TIPTOES DOWN THE HALLWAY AND DOWN THE STAIRS.
BRIDE'S MOTHER SEES HIM. |
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MAN SNEAKS DOWN STAIRS, OPENS THE DOOR TO THE MAN FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SLAMS THE DOOR IN HIS FACE
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HE TRIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. SITS ON THE STAIRS, HEAD IN HAND
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BRIDE'S MOTHER SNEAKS DOWN THE STAIRS, SITS NEXT TO HIM AND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF HIM.
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DOORBELL RINGS, GROOM'S FATHER ARRIVES AND TELLS THE LAWYER HE'S THINKING OF GETTING MARRIED HIMSELF.
ADMITS IT'S A DECEMBER-MAY ROMANCE BUT HE'S SURE SHE LOVES HIM FOR HIMSELF, DIDN'T TELL HER HE'S RICH & LIED ABOUT HIM NAME & IS CALLED DUSTY RHODES |
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LAWYER RUNS UPSTAIRS & KNOCKS ON THE GROOM'S DOOR.
TELLS HIM HIS FATHER IS DOWNSTAIRS. THEY PLOT TO GET THE FIRST WIFE OUT OF THE HOUSE BEFORE HIS FATHER SEES HER. |
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PUSHY MOTHER OF THE BRIDE DEMANDS LAWYER RETURN TO HIS ROOM
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| 03:29:29 920 |
MEANWHILE, BACK IN A GUEST BEDROOM THE FIRST WIFE IS LOSING HER PATIENCE. THE LAWYER EXPLAINS THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO HER
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MAN CREEPS OUTSIDE AND SLIPS PAPER OUT OF SHERIFF'S DEPUTY'S HAND, READS IT & SAYS "OH BOY" RUNS UPSTAIRS AND KNOCKS ON THE LAWYER'S DOOR. INFORMS FIRST WIFE THAT THEY WERE NEVER REALLY MARRIED.
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DOORBELL RINGS. BUTLER ANSWERS THE DOOR. SAYS SHE'S THE LAWYER'S WIFE WHICH FLUSTERS THE BUTLER. WIFE.
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| 03:31:06 1017 |
MEANWHILE, BACK UPSTAIRS, THE FIRST WIFE TELLS THE LAWYER SHE'S GOING BACK TO HER FIANCEE, DUSTY RHODES RECOGNITION ON THE LAWYER'S FACE AT THE NAME, IT'S THE GROOM'S FATHER
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| 03:31:17 1028 |
THE LAWYER'S WIFE OVERHEARS CONVERSATION ON OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR BETWEEN HER HUSBAND AND A WOMAN, SHE BARGES IN AND SAYS "GET OUT OF HERE YOU BRAZEN WOMAN" THE LAWYER SAYS SHE CAN'T LEAVE HIM NOW, HIS WIFE TAKES IT THE WRONG WAY CRIES AND LEAVES.
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| 03:32:00 1071 |
SHE RUNS INTO THE GROOM'S FATHER IN THE HALLWAY &
SAYS SHE'S NEVER BEEN SO HUMILIATED IN ALL HER LIFE. TELLS HIM HER HUSBAND IS IN THE ROOM WITH THAT AWFUL DAGMAR WHICH IS IS FIANCEE. HE GETS ANGRY AND TELLS HER HE NEVER DID TRUST HER HUSBAND. |
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ANGRY OLD MAN BARGES IN AND THROWS THE LAWYER OUT BEFORE HE CAN EXPLAIN
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HE HEARS HIS WIFE CRYING, GOES DOWNSTAIRS TO TRY TO EXPLAIN SHE WALKS OUT ON HIM CLOSING THE DOOR IN HIS FACE WITH THE "I'M GOING TO RENO" THREAT
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THE PHONE RINGS, HE ANSWERS IT. HIS SECRETARY FINALLY REMEMBERED WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER. HE THROWS THE PHONE UP IN THE AIR, MAKES FRUSTRATED GESTURES, PLAYS WITH HIS SUSPENDERS
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FILM ENDS
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