Time Out for Trouble (1938)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Del Lord

Writers:

Searle Kramer (original screenplay) and
Victor Travers (original screenplay)

Release Date:

18 March 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

Charley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his fiancée, saves...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Contract | Apartment | Apartment Building | Box

Cast

Charley Chase	...	Charley
Ann Doran	...	Maisie
Dick Curtis	...	Louie Derringer
Louise Stanley	...	Edith

Runtime:

19 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

Featured in Off Again, on Again (1945)

A very funny Columbia/Charley Chase short!

While shopping with his fiancé Edith for their wedding cake, Charley saves a mobster's girlfriend from an near-accident. A photographer gets their picture and once the picture hits the papers with a misleading headline, Edith jilts Charley. Having nothing to live for, Charley tried unsuccessfully to bump himself off! When he inadvertently learns that the mobster and his girl live in his building, Charley persuades the mobster to rub him out, albeit without his knowing when it will happen. Edith learns the truth about the photo and makes up with Charley. Now Charley has to let the mobster know that he doesn't want to be rubbed out anymore and the real fun begins!! A funny film from the start to end, with great sight gags and an array of Columbia stock players in bit roles. Another great Del Lord comedy!