Description: COMEDY. BUSTER KEATON, JIMMY DURANTE, RUTH SELWYN, THELMA TODD, HEDDA HOPPER, WILLIAM PAWLEY, SIDNEY TOLER, LAWRENCE GRANT, HENRY ARMETTA, EDWARD BROPHY. BUSTER KEATON IS A DULL COLLEGE PROFESSOR WHO IS BORED WITH HIS SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE. KEATON'S BUTLER DECIDES TO SPRUCE UP HIS BOSS' LIFE BY HANDING HIM A BOGUS INHERITANCE LETTER WHICH STATES THAT $750,00 IS NOW HIS TO SPEND. KEATON EXCITEDLY TAKES TO THE NIGHTLIFE AND RUNS INTO A TROUPE OF FRUSTRATED AND UNTALENTED ACTORS TRYING TO PUT ON A SHOW. KEATON FALLS IN LOVE WITH A FEISTY, HARD-DRINKING GAL, BUT THE NICE GIRL WAITS IN THE WINGS. THE PROFESSOR FUNDS THE TORUPE'S SHOW, BUT THE PREMIER IS A DISASTER UNTIL KEATON ACCIDENTALLY WINDS UP ON STAGE AND BECOMES A STAR. A ZANY, SLAPSTICK TALE OF A PRIM AND PROPER COLLEGE PROFESSOR WHO INHERITS A FORTUNE ADN FINDS HIMSELF AN "ANGEL" TO A 3RD RATE THEATRICAL TROUPE. KEATON CONFRONTS CONNIVING BLONDES, HARRIED DIRECTORS, AND A HILARIOUSLY CLUMSY CHORUS LINE. POTTS COLLEGE CAMPUS. OPERA HOUSE. BACKSTAGE REHEARSAL. EXT. THEATRE. PEOPLE BUYING TICKETS AT TICKET BOOTH. BOX OFFICE.
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