I had the pleasure of watching this film with live organ music at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC on April 26, 2008. It was absolutely hilarious, just a great slapstick comedy in which an otherwise dull and ordinary professor suddenly finds himself escorting three different women to the same ritzy dance/dining hall. The film ends with a classic chase sequence in which everyone in the plot shows up angry and wants a piece of the professor! A young Reginald Denny plays the hapless professor and resembles a young Maurice Chevalier, who actually would have done pretty well in the part, too! If this delightful film ever makes it to DVD, be sure to check it out. It's at least as funny as Chaplin's The Circus or any number of Keaton features.
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catmydogs26 April 2008
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dsikula16 March 2001What a pleasant surprise! One of the funniest pictures I've ever seen. Charming and hilarious throughout. Who knew that Reginald Denny, who was so good at playing pompous stiffs in his later pictures, was so funny. An absolutely marvelous picture with no visible flaws. Nothing but belly-laughs from beginning to end.