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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
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Evening, Mr. Strozzi.
Good evening, Mr. Strozzi.
Good evening, Mr. Strozzi.
Mayor Morgan's here, ain't he?
Yes, sir, at his private table.
Say, chief, look!
What do you think of that?
"Withers drops dead."
- Can you imagine that?
- When did it happen?
Honey,
I guess the poor sap...
just got tired of
running against you.
And can you beat it?
With next Tuesday election day!
Yeah, they'll have to work fast.
Excuse me.
Follow me.
I want to make a telephone call.
I wonder who they'll nominate
in his place?
Don't lose any sleep
over it, dearie.
Why, Ed Morgan could commit
murder on the city hall steps...
and still be re-elected.
Get me
the Good Government League.
Have you heard the news?
Withers... he's dead!
Yeah, you're tellin' us?
A fine time he picked
to pass out, the old gas bag.
Yeah.
Two days before election...
us without a candidate.
Lord, what a mess.
Morgan on the phone
for you, Jake.
Oh, this is terrible.
The best candidate we ever had.
He never had a chance.
Hello?
Mr. Mayo? I want to offer
my condolences...
on the death
of Junius P. Withers...
a fine public-spirited citizen.
Your Good Government League
has lost a standard bearer...
whom I highly respected
as a rival candidate.
Say, listen,
you don't have to make a speech.
This is a private wire.
Oh. Well, listen, Jake...
you gotta replace
that old fool in a hurry.
I'd say we do...
and we got to decide on
another man tonight.
What we want to know is...
Another candidate?
Lmpossible!
Why, Withers was
the idol of the Reform element!
And just a sap to the regulars.
That's the idea. Morgan loses
the Reform vote anyway.
Yeah, well, we'll do that.
OK, Ed.
What are the orders, Jake?
Morgan says we can substitute
any candidate we want...
so long as
we're sure he's a pushover.
But that ought to be easy!
Yeah?
Well, I'm not so sure of that.
Folks are getting fed up
on Morgan...
with his dames and his drinkin'.
We may need an especially
weak candidate this time.
Fella named Cobb
to see you, Jake.
Cobb? Cobb? Who's he?
Search me.
Said he met you this afternoon.
Cobb? Cobb?
Oh! Hello, Cobb. How are you?
A cordial greeting, sir.
Say, listen, Cobb,
we're very busy.
Do you mind
coming 'round tomorrow?
See, we got
a committee meeting here and...
Oh, I'm sorry I intruded...
but I just read
of the untimely death...
of my friend Mr. Withers.
Your friend?
Are you a friend of Withers?
Well, I had expected
to be his guest.
Oh, yeah?
Well, why didn't you
tell me that?
Say, Jake!
We got a lot of work to do,
you know.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, come in and
meet the boys just a minute.

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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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