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Synopsis: A naive missionary brought up in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd
Actors: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton
Production: Fox Film Corporation
 
IMDB:
6.9
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Year:
1934
102 min
90 Views

China.

China? You mean

where the laundrymen come from?

Yes.

Well, what brought you

to Stockport?

I was born here.

Uh-huh. Hometown boy, eh?

Any friends here?

Well, uh... no.

But I have a letter

to Tien Wang...

a Chinese gentleman.

I'm sure he'll welcome me

as a guest.

Say, that ain't right.

White man coming back here,

no place to go but a Chink's?

Oh, but it's the Chinese...

that defrayed

the expenses of my trip.

What, from China?

Oh, yes! The celestial

Keen Lung sent me...

to his gracious friend

Lee Wong in Shanghai...

who sent me to the worthy

Ma Sing in San Francisco...

who sent me to

the venerable Fu Chi...

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

You mean,

they sort of passed you along...

from one to the other?

Yes, you see, Fi Chu

is a friend of Ma Sing...

and Ma Sing

was a friend of Lee Wong...

Yeah, never mind. Never mind.

If the Chinks

can do that for you...

I guess an Irishman

can stake you...

to a flop and a boiled egg.

Call a taxi, Pete.

We'll fix him up at Mrs. Noon's.

Well, I'm most grateful, sir...

but, you see,

I have a little money.

Oh. Well, you might just as well

put up at the boarding house.

It's better than any joint

you'll find over in Chinatown.

You don't need any ready cash?

Oh, no, thank you.

You see, I have here

a parting gift...

from the good Keen Lung.

Gold?!

Holy cats, shut the lid!

You say a Chinaman

gave you that?

Well, yes.

There is a great friendship...

between my father and Keen Lung.

Well, I'll say there was.

And I thought the Irish

were generous.

Well, here's your cab, son.

Jump in.

Thank you.

And look out for that jack.

That!

That vest pocket mint of yours.

Oh! Well, frankly,

I'm worried about this.

I'm sure

it's exceedingly valuable...

Ha!

Well, I'm in constant

fear of losing it.

Ha! Well,

would you like to have me...

take care of it for you?

Why, I'd deem it a great favor.

Say, are you kiddin' me?

Oh, I'm sure it'd be much safer

in your keeping.

Well, I'll be...

I suppose you'd give this

to the first one that asked.

Certainly not.

Only to a person

of self-evident integrity.

Of which?

He who gazes upon the sun

need not debate its brilliance.

Uh, Ling Po.

- Ling who?

- Ling Po.

I quote a great

Chinese poet and philosopher.

Oh, uh, may I introduce myself?

I'm Ezekiel Cobb.

Mayo's my name. Jake Mayo.

Look me up tonight

at the Good Government club.

Thank you. I will.

Unless I've been dreaming

all this.

Oh, Mrs. Noon's boarding house,

18th and Flint.

May I bid you good day, sir?

So long.

You poor sap.

Extra! Extra!

Reform candidate dies.

Hold it, sonny.

Reform leader dies!

Extra! Withers drops dead!

Extra! Reform leader!

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Clarence Budington Kelland

Clarence Budington "Bud" Kelland (July 11, 1881 – February 18, 1964) was an American writer. He once described himself as "the best second-rate writer in America".Although largely forgotten now, Kelland had a long career as a writer of fiction and short stories, stretching from 1913 to 1960. He was published in many magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post and The American Magazine. A prolific writer, his output included sixty novels and some two hundred short stories. His best known juvenile works were the Mark Tidd series and the Catty Atkins series, while his best known adult work was the Scattergood Baines series. Other notable adult books by Kelland include Conflict (1920), Rhoda Fair (1925), Hard Money (1930), Arizona (1939), and Dangerous Angel (1953). Kelland was the "literary idol" of the teenaged John O'Hara. He was referred to in a 1995 installment of Harlan Ellison's television commentary, Harlan Ellison's Watching for the program Sci-Fi Buzz, wherein Ellison laments what he perceives as a prevailing cultural illiteracyKelland's work resulted in some thirty Hollywood movies, including Speak Easily (1932) starring Buster Keaton. Opera Hat, a serial from The American Magazine, was the basis for the film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) starring Gary Cooper. Opera Hat later was turned into the short-lived television series Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969–70), and the movie Mr. Deeds (2002). One of Kelland's best-known characters was featured in the Scattergood Baines series of six films from 1941 to 1943, starring Guy Kibbee. more…

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