Bubbling Over | |
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Directed by | Leigh Jason |
Written by | Burnet Hershey (writer) |
Produced by | Meyer Davis (associate producer) Monroe Shaff (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes (USA) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Bubbling Over is a 1934 American musical comedy short film directed by Leigh Jason. The film includes various negative stereotypes.[1] It is extant.
Samson Peabody is the janitor in an apartment building where he and his wife Ethel live with a large crowd of Samson's freeloading relatives. When more relatives come to stay, Ethel throws them out. A scheming occupant of the building reads Samson's mail and poses as a clairvoyant predicting the events of the letter; the arrival of Samson's rich Uncle for dinner. However, the Uncle is a penniless lunatic (imagining himself to be The Emperor Jones) and a pickpocket. He steals the chicken dinner, several watches of the guests, the clairvoyant's crystal ball, and (in the final scene) all the clothes of the people in the room.