18 minutes of pre-Code chaos where everyone wants to marry the wrong person.
Glenn Tryon is at his Bachelor's Dinner, attended only by a dozen of his girl friends, prior to marrying Connie Watts but Ma Watts has plans for Connie to marry playboy Billy Bevan, who is unaware of Ma's intentions, as is Blondie who has plans of her own regarding Billy. The laughs here are only slightly less scarce than the chicken in the boarding house chicken-and-dumplings in "True Grit."
Acting
Fern Emmett's Ma Watts scheming with terrifying maternal determination.
Production
Beach location work that probably ate half the budget.
Director
Harry Edwards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Harry Edwards cranked out over 100 shorts in the 1930s, mostly for Educational Pictures—this was assembly-line comedy at its finest.
Pre-Code Hollywood loved 'bachelor dinner' premises because they let men surround themselves with women while pretending to be reluctant about marriage.
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