The Boudoir Butler

1932
22m

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A woman pretends to be a widow to get a job, with her husband posing as her butler. Little do they know that the potential employer they have over to dinner is a wanted bunco artist.A woman pretends to be a widow to get a job, with her husband posing as her butler. Little do they know that the potential employer they have over to dinner is a wanted bunco artist.A woman pretends to be a widow to get a job, with her husband posing as her butler. Little do they know that the potential employer they have over to dinner is a wanted bunco artist.

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Ed Martin: [Observing that the cat has had kittens] You might have waited until the Depression was over.

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5/10

Enjoyable...though not especially funny.

"The Boudoir Butler" is a Mack Sennett production made for Educational Pictures. It stars Andy Clyde and is enjoyable enough to watch but, oddly, it's really NOT funny...which is odd since it is supposed to be a comedy short!

When the story begins, Andy's wife has convinced him to join her in a ruse. It seems that a man is looking for widows to invest in his company...which SHOULD have alerted her that the guy was up to no good. But instead, she convinces her husband to pretend to be the butler and help her entertain the guy. Andy turns out to be a terrible butler but does eventually discover that the guy is a crook...at which point his accomplice (Tom Kennedy) threatens to kill Andy if he tells. What's next?

This is an odd film. First, Tom Kennedy usually played sweet and dimwitted guys but here he's a pretty scary thug. Second, Andy Clyde was a very talented guy and I've seen him in at least 100 films...but here he just isn't funny because the script gives him nothing funny to do. Overall, a weak comedy at best, though it is watchable.