Brooklyn Orchid (1942)

Taxicab company owners Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett rescue Lucy Gibbs from a suicide attempt and she insists on placing her life and destiny in the hands of her two rescuers. From there, ... See full summary »

Director:

Kurt Neumann

Writers:

Earle Snell (screenplay), Clarence Marks (screenplay)

Stars:

William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth

Cast

Complete credited cast:
William Bendix	...	Timothy 'Tim' McGuerin
Joe Sawyer	...	Eddie Corbett
Marjorie Woodworth	...	Lucy 'The Brooklyn Orchid' Gibbs
Grace Bradley	...	Sadie McGuerin
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher	...	Tommy Lyman Goodweek (as Skeets Gallagher)
Florine McKinney	...	Mabel Cooney
Leonid Kinskey	...	Ignatz Rachkowsky
Rex Evans	...	Sterling, McGuerin's Butler
Jack Norton	...	Jonathan McFeeder

Storyline

Taxicab company owners Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett rescue Lucy Gibbs from a suicide attempt and she insists on placing her life and destiny in the hands of her two rescuers. From there, the two men try to keep their guardianship of the blonde young rescuee from Tim's socially ambitious wife, Sadie McGuerin, and Eddie's fiancée Mabel Cooney.

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Plot Keywords:

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Taglines:

And what an explosion of laughs when Brooklyn Orchid won't let the two toughest mugs in Manhattan out of her sight...no, not even long enough to go home to their wives!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Motorista em Maus Lençóis

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Two Mugs from Brooklyn (1942)

User Reviews

Painless Second Feature

This is a perfectly disposable entertainment, most notable for having William Bendix, some location shooting at a ritzy resort, and some OK gags, some of which are a little closer to risqué than usual for early 40s cinema. The better jokes invovlve a party about one-third into the movie.

Plot? A couple taxi drivers who hit it rich have girlfriends who want to move up in society. While playing hooky from the party, our heroes fish the "Brooklyn Orchard" out of the water, foiling her suicide attempt. Whereupon, she declares that since the boys fished her from certain death, they now own her life. The result is standard farce fare.

Why watch? The ladies are pretty and clothes they are wearing are better than the usual B frock. The drunken music critic who turns up in the second reel is funny.

Why not watch? The depiction of men as loutishly stupid and women as scheming plotters feels mean spirited outside of a Laurel & Hardy movie. And there is nothing here you can't find in many better movies (or, for that matter, in an episode of Friends).