While lately searching my movie shelves for the films of Robert Young (a favorite actor who will be featured here at Ramblings among twenty, one of these days), I came across The Bride Walks Out, an RKO title from 1936. It has many a terrific comedy scene, and also a swell cast to perform them. In addition to Bob Young, there's Barbara Stanwyck as the obstreperous bride of the title; Helen Broderick, always ready with a wry crack. Billy Gilbert doing his snee...s-s-sn...SNEEZE, one of which he begins and Barbara finishes.
Bob sports dustcap and apron in one scene to do a bit of vacuuming, and embellishes the chore by making hand signals before turning. When all is done, he inquires how to turn the machine off. Barbara chastises: "Don't you even know that?" At this, Bob quips, "I've lived a very sheltered life."
Though Bob comes in for a good share of the best lines in this movie, Ned Sparks has the topper.
The setting is an office building after hours. Gene Raymond and Ned Sparks, trying to change into evening clothes so as to take their respective wives (Barbara and Helen Broderick) out on the town, find only one unlocked room to dress in: the elevator. The gals stand outside, catching the clothes that come out, passing new articles in. Just before they can hand over the trousers, the elevator closes its doors and brings the boys to a floor above, where a spinsterish lady enters. Raymond and Sparks, wearing shorts and shirttails, properly tip their hats as the lady faints away. Catching her, Sparks delivers his line: "That's what I call knocking 'em dead."
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