Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Edward Sedgwick

Writers:

C.W. Bell (play) and
Mark Swan (play) ...

Release Date:

28 February 1931 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Jeff wants to get married to Virginia, but Virginia won't marry until her older, hard-to-please sister Angelica gets married off first...

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Butler | Car Accident | Innocence | Mistaken Identity

Cast

Buster Keaton	...	Reginald Irving
Charlotte Greenwood	...	Polly Hathaway
Reginald Denny	...	Jeffrey Haywood
Cliff Edwards	...	Bell Hop
Dorothy Christy	...	Angelica Embrey
Joan Peers	...	Nita Leslie
Sally Eilers	...	Virginia Embrey
Natalie Moorhead	...	Leila Crofton
Edward Brophy	...	Detective
Walter Merrill	...	Frederick Leslie
Sidney Bracey	...	Butler (as Sidney Bracy)

Also Known As:

Romeo in Pyjamas (UK)

Runtime:

73 min | Germany:76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Buster Keaton Villa - 1018 Pamela Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Filmed in Buster Keaton's own house.

Movie Connections:

References One Week (1920)

Boring and a letdown. The downfall of Keaton.

Coming off of some pretty good comedic films such as the Cameraman this ones a big letdown. It's too bad Buster was given such weak material to start his career in 'talkies'. In films like this Buster just looked like an idiot instead of an innovator. A pity. Charlie Chaplin excelled at this point while poor Buster languished. The real genius now deservedly stood in the spotlight. Einstein would attend the premiere of a film like City Lights but can you imagine him seeing this garbage. This is like a Marx Brothers film made by someone who has just come off fresh from a lobotomy. Skip it. Save your money and time. Harold Lloyd looks like a genius next to crap like this.