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Too Many Highballs (1933)

Too Many Highballs (1933)

Comedy
Release Date: 1933, February 10
Directors: Clyde Bruckman
Countries: United States of America
Production: Mack Sennett Comedies
Cast: Joe Bordeaux, Tom Dugan, Roger Moore, Arthur Thalasso, Tom Dempsey, George Gray, Bud Jamison, Dave Morris, Bobby Dunn, Dick Stewart, Marjorie Beebe, Ernie Alexander

Overview:

Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.

Keywords:

prizefight mother-in-law brother-in-law spiked drink