Man on the Flying Trapeze Page #3

Synopsis: Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off (his first in twenty-five years) to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss that he must attend his mother-in-law's funeral. The afternoon is no joy. He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up getting hit by the body of a wrestler thrown from the ring. A series of mishaps leads his boss to send floral tributes to the house and notify the papers of the death (due to poisoned liquor). His shrewish wife, judgmental mother-in-law, and good-for-nothing brother-in-law add to his burdens. In the end he enjoys their fawning loyalty, a raise in pay, and his first vacation.
Genre: Comedy
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.7
PASSED
Year:
1935
66 min
121 Views


Oh. Oh, that's fine.

Merciful heavens. | What happened?

Oh. Oh.

Why couldn't I fall | on a small, dull one?

I caught them down here | drinking your applejack.

Oh, you did, eh? Oh. By the way, | would you like a drink yourself?

I don't mind if I do.

Oh, good. Oh.

You got the glass right here with | you, haven't you? Yeah. All right.

For two pins, I'd box your...

Are you sure those | handcuffs are on tightly?

Oh, they're safe.

For two pins, | I'd box both your ears.

Ah, you know how to turn | it on, you been here before.

Take your filthy hands | off there!

There you are, Officer. | Thanks.

Wait a minute, | I'll join you. Okay.

That's the old Jersey way of | getting it out of the barrel.

My best respects. | Fine.

Quiet. Cut it out, boys.

Tone it down a little. | Tone it down a little, huh?

Do you remember that tune?

We used to sing it up at the old | Tehachapi Glee Club many years ago.

Brings back fond memories.

Before I was married.

It's a quartet.

Merciful heavens, | he's singing with them now.

Ambrose! Ambrose?

Ambrose!

It's all right, dear. It's all | right, we got them hand-ironed...

They're handicapped... | Handiwork...

The... They got their hands | all tied up.

I got them, | but they can't do a thing.

Yeah, the police ambulance | is down in here. Yeah.

All right, don't worry, dear. Go | right back to sleep. All right.

Goodbye, goodbye, | goodbye, goodbye.

She can hear every word | you say down here,

up through this pipe, | so keep quiet.

She's awfully nervous. | Awfully nervous.

Say, look here.

These boys seem all right.

Let's let them go if they | promise never to do it again.

Oh, no, no, nothing doing. | This is my bread and butter.

I got to take them in.

Oh? | Yeah.

Oh, you'll have to go along, too. Why?

To appear against them.

By the way, I'll have to take a jug | of this applejack along as evidence.

Go ahead.

Now, listen, Mr. Wolfinger, | I'll go through the window first,

and you see that they get out.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, | wait a minute, wait a minute.

That leaves me down here with | them alone. Wait a minute, now.

Why can't I go out the window first, | and then I wait for... With them...

I'll be with them, too, | out there, won't I?

I'll tell you what to do, | we'll all go out together.

All right. Come on, | come on. Get out.

Go ahead, go ahead, | go ahead, now. Up!

Gosh.

Ambrose!

What are you doing | down in that cellar?

If you have apprehended the | criminals, come up here and go to bed.

Keep quiet, boys.

I don't want anybody to see me prowling | around in the middle of the night

dressed like this.

What time is it?

What time is it?

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Ray Harris

Ray Harris (September 7, 1927 – November 13, 2003) was an American rockabilly musician and songwriter. He formed a band with Wayne Powers, and wrote the songs "Come On, Little Mama" and "Greenback Dollar, Watch and Chain". He eventually recorded these at Sun Records with Sam Phillips. He also produced artists at Hi Records. Like others such as Sonny Burgess, Hayden Thompson, Billy Lee Riley and Warren Smith, chart success largely eluded him.Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Harris died in November 2003 in Mooreville, Mississippi, at the age of 76. more…

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