The Shannons, a vaudeville act, are performing in a New England town when the local hotel owner barges in and yanks his daughter Tessie, who is in the audience with her boyfriend Chuck, out of the theater. Young Mickey Shannon confronts the father, and the upshot is that Chuck's wealthy father threatens to foreclose on the hotel.
You should probably watch this if you’re the type of person who finds 1920s slang actually charming. It is a good pick for a rainy afternoon when you don't want to think too hard. If you hate crackly audio or movies that feel like everyone is shouting to be heard in the back row, you’ll probably want to skip it. The m...
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"You should probably watch this if you’re the type of person who finds 1920s slang actually charming. It is a good pick for a rainy afternoon when you don't want to think too hard. If you hate crackly audio or movies that feel like everyone is shouting to be heard in the back row, you’ll probably want to skip it. The movie is mostly just James and Lucile Gleason being an old married couple. They were married in real life, and you can tell because they have this shorthand way of talking to each o..."
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