Persuading his newlywed friends, Jerry and Marian Townsend, to take him along on their European honeymoon as guide, Lester Aloysius Sebastian Brown launches the threesome on a series of comic adventures, beginning in a Paris nightclub, where Lester is roughed up by two husbands who mistake his companions for their wives. Then on to Switzerland and a forced landing near a wedding festival; to Cairo, where Jerry is abducted and found by Marian in a harem; and back to New York.
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Alright, so you’re wondering about Leave It to Lester. Look, if you’re someone who loves diving deep into the weird, wild early days of talking pictures, then yeah, this might be worth a look. Especially if you appreciate a good, old-fashioned farce where everything goes wrong. But if you're after something with, you k...
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"Alright, so you’re wondering about Leave It to Lester. Look, if you’re someone who loves diving deep into the weird, wild early days of talking pictures, then yeah, this might be worth a look. Especially if you appreciate a good, old-fashioned farce where everything goes wrong. But if you're after something with, you know, a modern pace or humor that’s aged gracefully, you'll probably hate it. It’s a definite niche pick, I’d say. 🎞️ The whole setup is pretty simple: Lester Aloysius Sebastian B..."
1920 · IMDb 6.3
Hal Roach
