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One Hysterical Night (1929)

One Hysterical Night (1929)

Comedy Romance

YOU'LL RAVE! YOU'LL ROAR WITH LAFFS!

Release Date: 1929, October 5
Directors: William James Craft
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: Walter Brennan, Reginald Denny, Fritz Feld, Slim Summerville, Jules Cowles, Margaret Campbell, Peter Gawthorne, Nora Lane, Joyzelle Joyner, E.J. Ratcliffe

Overview:

The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane asylum. Since all the other inmates/attendees think they are historical figures such as Robin Hood, the Duke of Wellington, Paul Revere, William Tell, Salome, Robinson Crusoe, Sherlock Holmes and others, it takes a while for Judd to separate the wheat from the chaff and prove he is not deranged. His quest becomes more urgent when he falls in love with a nurse named Josephine, who does not think she is Napoleon's "Josephine" but is convinced Judd thinks he is Napoleaon.