A sudden singing engagement means work for struggling performers Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd (and their delightful spider monkey), and a trip on a train means a train trip for everybody else aboard, including a spoiled Broadway diva (the delightful Anita Garvin). First, Mr. Monkey makes friends with Garvin's foofie pooch and turns her expensive coat into a temporary bed, then it climbs aboard Garvin's head, freaking her out. Not able to find her coat, Garvin accuses Todd of stealing it which leads to a fight over who the coat belongs to. Aboard the train, the monkey continues to create madness, first in Garvin's compartment, and later among the berths where all of the passengers start a monkey search while the poor little critter is right under their noses (and somewhere else in regards to the ever game Todd), leading to a comical conclusion that gives the bitchy Garvin a taste of her own medicine.
I'm sure this has to be the cute little spider monkey who was a part of several Hal Roach comedy shorts (including Our Gang), and he/she steals every moment that he/she is on screen. Garvin, who appeared in many Hal Roach shorts, steals the human end of the acting spectrum, while Pitts and Todd are more quiet in the unintentional problems that they cause. Paulette Goddard is billed as a blonde on the train, and if she's the one I think she is, she gets a great one word comment that she delivers powerfully.
I'm sure this has to be the cute little spider monkey who was a part of several Hal Roach comedy shorts (including Our Gang), and he/she steals every moment that he/she is on screen. Garvin, who appeared in many Hal Roach shorts, steals the human end of the acting spectrum, while Pitts and Todd are more quiet in the unintentional problems that they cause. Paulette Goddard is billed as a blonde on the train, and if she's the one I think she is, she gets a great one word comment that she delivers powerfully.