Pucker faced like a lemon sucking old coot, Ned Sparks had a head that would crack into thousands of pieces if he tried to smile. Married here to a harpy who is upset because he stayed out late, all he can say us, "We'll burn it" as she goes over their mutual belongings while contemplating divorce. Determined to get her back (why?) at any cost, he strives to hire a new cook but ends up in a matrimonial agency by mistake, being mistaken for a mad lonely hearts club killer. This short is amusing for Sparks' deadpan comedy, making him seem like the Walter Matthau of the 1930's. It's very amusing, but like most shorts, not as satisfying as the main feature. The credits do not give character names, so it is hard to determine who played the role of the domineering wife.
2 Reviews
very funny, clever short
beauzee12 December 2014
zany, fast, funny short feature, directed by the great George Marshall (Laurel and Hardy classics, DUCK with the Marx Brothers).
Ned Sparks is a tired businessman who one night stays out a little late: he takes the "sobering" advice of a friend who says rather than upset your wife, coming home at all hours, climb in through the "maid's" window (his wife has recently dismissed her).
little does Ned know, a new maid was hired..and there they are , just waiting for Sparks' wife to find them.
she goes home to Mother. Sparks has a sleepless night.
next day he meets up again with his buddy who has another brilliant idea > find a replacement for the (new) maid who split! the Missus will surely come back! In his sleepiness, he stumbles into a matrimonial service, not an employment agency! now the craziness is compounded as two wacky detectives decide to follow him around! buy this oldie and find out what happens next! and notice great character actress ELISE CAVANNA, usually playing the staid socialite, here playing maid #3, hanging outside 2nd floor windows! (she played the exotic patient to W. C. Field's "Dentist", the following year).
Ned Sparks is a tired businessman who one night stays out a little late: he takes the "sobering" advice of a friend who says rather than upset your wife, coming home at all hours, climb in through the "maid's" window (his wife has recently dismissed her).
little does Ned know, a new maid was hired..and there they are , just waiting for Sparks' wife to find them.
she goes home to Mother. Sparks has a sleepless night.
next day he meets up again with his buddy who has another brilliant idea > find a replacement for the (new) maid who split! the Missus will surely come back! In his sleepiness, he stumbles into a matrimonial service, not an employment agency! now the craziness is compounded as two wacky detectives decide to follow him around! buy this oldie and find out what happens next! and notice great character actress ELISE CAVANNA, usually playing the staid socialite, here playing maid #3, hanging outside 2nd floor windows! (she played the exotic patient to W. C. Field's "Dentist", the following year).
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