Young Johnny Downs is at risk of losing his job as a salesman because unbeknownst to him, his boss has decided to fire anybody who works for him who gets married. On the verge of going on his honeymoon, Downs is forced to go on a business trip, with his wife in another berth and Downs trying to hide from his boss while trying to be with his wife (Marjorie Deanne). When they get to the "Bilkmore" Hotel, more chaos issues thanks to an old girlfriend who is now married to the hotel house detective who romances his wife in an Elmer Fudd voice. It's funny and fast-moving, and Downs has the comic shops of silent legend Harold Lloyd. One of the better comedy shorts featuring actors whom nobody has most likely ever heard of, although there are two black actors cast in stereotypical roles that are a bit eye raising. Plenty of visual gags provide a lot of laughs.
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Two Marriages, All Waiting
boblipton12 April 2024
Johnny Downs gets married to Marjorie Deanne, and then discovers that his boss fires all married personnel. So everyone gets on a train and goes to a the Hotel Bilkmore, where Miss Deanne sulks, Downs keeps trying to sneak in past hotel detective Arthur Q. Bryan and Bryan's bride, Helen Lynd.
It's a typical Columbia comedy short, long on sound effects and painful slapstick, short on logic and laughs. But when Bryan shows up, I can't help but laugh at his voice -- he's best remembered for voicing Elmer Fudd -- his paunch, and his fine comic timing. With Bud Jamison, Fred Toones, and Dudley Dickerson.
It's a typical Columbia comedy short, long on sound effects and painful slapstick, short on logic and laughs. But when Bryan shows up, I can't help but laugh at his voice -- he's best remembered for voicing Elmer Fudd -- his paunch, and his fine comic timing. With Bud Jamison, Fred Toones, and Dudley Dickerson.
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