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Friday, May 20, 2016
7 PM (71 mins)
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Bachelor’s Affairs
Adolphe Menjou, Minna Gombell, Arthur Pierson, Joan Marsh,
In this rediscovered pre-Code farce, “middle-aged playboy Andrew Hoyt, who had previously been a staunch bachelor, gets sucked into marrying a beautiful but vacuous young blonde. . . . Realizing pretty quickly that he is not up to the vigorous physical activity demanded by his eager twentysomething spouse, he conspires with his best friend and his loyal secretary to find a new plaything for the soon-to-be ex-wife. Adolphe Menjou plays the self-centered playboy with his tongue delightfully deep in his cheek [and] director Alfred Werker . . . keeps the action and dialogue going at lightning speed” (Jan-Christopher Horak)
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Philip Kline
- Leon Gordon
Based On
The play Precious by James Forbes
Cinematographer
- Norbert Brodine
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- 64 mins
Source
- UCLA Film & Television Archive
Additional Info
- Preservation funded by the Packard Humanities Institute
Preceded By
Me and the Boys
Victor Saville, UK, 1929
Watch for a young Benny Goodman in this early soundie
FILM DETAILS
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- 7 mins
source
- UCLA Film & Television Archive
Additional Info
- Preservation funded by Dudley Heer, Frank Buxton and Cynthia Sears, Hugh Hefner, and Mark Cantor