Bubbling Over (film)
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Directed by | Leigh Jason |
Written by | Burnet Hershey (writer) |
Produced by | Meyer Davis (associate producer) (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes (USA) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Bubbling Over is a 1934 American musical comedy short film directed by Leigh Jason. The film includes various negative stereotypes.[1] It is extant.
Plot[]
Samson Peabody is the janitor in an apartment building where he and his wife Ethel live with a large crowd of Samson's freeloading relatives. When more relatives come to stay, Ethel throws them out. A scheming occupant of the building reads Samson's mail and poses as a clairvoyant predicting the events of the letter; the arrival of Samson's rich Uncle for dinner. However, the Uncle is a penniless lunatic (imagining himself to be The Emperor Jones) and a pickpocket. He steals the chicken dinner, several watches of the guests, the clairvoyant's crystal ball, and (in the final scene) all the clothes of the people in the room.
Cast[]
- Ethel Waters as Ethel Peabody
- as Some Relatives
- Hamtree Harrington as Presbee Peabody
- as Swami River
Soundtrack[]
- Ethel Waters - "Taking Your Time"
- - "Hang Your Hat in a Harlem Flat"
- Ethel Waters - "Darkies Never Dream"
- Southernaires Quartet - "Company's Coming Tonight"
References[]
- ^ Bourne, Stephen (2007). Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather. ISBN 9780810859029.
External links[]
- Bubbling Over at IMDb
- The short film Bubbling Over is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
- Film at Daily Motion
- 1934 films
- English-language films
- 1934 musical comedy films
- American films
- American musical comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- RKO Pictures short films
- Films directed by Leigh Jason
- Race films
- Musical comedy film stubs