Why Is a Plumber?

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1929 / 20min.

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Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

“This hilarious bit of foolishness has for its theme the gradual rise of a hard-working plumber and his wife, who, after years of struggle, find themselves with a lovely home. The wife who has social aspirations and a desire to entertain people of wealth and note, invites a millionaire couple to dinner. She hires a caterer to help her with the serving and they send a butler who turns out to be a truck driver with whom her husband has had a collision, a short time before, which resulted in a street fight. What these two do when they recognize each other and what happened to the millionaire couple has to be seen to be appreciated.”

Directors

Leo McCarey

Actors

Albert Conti

Jean Harlow

Edgar Kennedy

Eddie Dunn

Adele Watson

Gertrude Sutton

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