Leon Errol has gone from the matronly, hard as nails Elisabeth Risdon as wife Della in the "Mexican Spitfire" series to the much younger Virginia Vale ("Holiday Inn") in this RKO shorts with all the unbelievable antics that you expect in a Leon Errol short. The rubber legged comic and pal Joseph Forte have pulled a Laurel and Hardy and pretended to be on a business trip while they've really been south of the border partying. Vale finds out and plots to get even, while Errol goes out of his way to weasel his way out of this mess.
Don't expect reality in these shorts as there is absolutely none. Errol and fellow comic Edgar Kennedy did tons of these shorts and while the characters all had different names, they were variations of the same person, the personality of the actor playing the part. Errol and Vale are obviously mismatched, but it's fun to see the old scamp being a Lothario while the dutiful much younger wife stays faithful, pretending to be a widow involved with another man when Errol shows up at home in disguise. Dated fun, but a must for Errol fans who enjoyed the fact that this skinny, short bald man never acted his age and had more fun than most playboys.
Don't expect reality in these shorts as there is absolutely none. Errol and fellow comic Edgar Kennedy did tons of these shorts and while the characters all had different names, they were variations of the same person, the personality of the actor playing the part. Errol and Vale are obviously mismatched, but it's fun to see the old scamp being a Lothario while the dutiful much younger wife stays faithful, pretending to be a widow involved with another man when Errol shows up at home in disguise. Dated fun, but a must for Errol fans who enjoyed the fact that this skinny, short bald man never acted his age and had more fun than most playboys.