Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1935-08-03
Director: Clyde Bruckman
Writers: Ray Harris , Sam Hardy , W.C. Fields
Language: English
Stars: W.C. Fields , Mary Brian , Kathleen Howard , Grady Sutton , Vera Lewis , Lucien Littlefield , Oscar Apfel , Lew Kelly , Tammany Young , Walter Brennan
Runtime: 66 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Man on the Flying Trapeze (United States of America) , L'homme sur le trapèze volant (Belgium) , Everything Happens at Once (United States of America) , Hvad er et hjem uden en fader (Denmark) , Les joies de la famille (France, French Republic) , 南瓜サラリーマン (Japan) , Man on the Flying Trapeze (Canada) , Человек на летающей трапеции , The Flying Trapeze (United States of America) , The Memory Expert (United Kingdom) , Man on the Flying Trapeze (United Kingdom) , Man on the Flying Trapeze
Plot: Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off (his first in twenty-five years) to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss that he must attend his mother-in-law's funeral. The afternoon is no joy. He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up getting hit by the body of a wrestler thrown from the ring. A series of mishaps leads his boss to send floral tributes to the house and notify the papers of the death (due to poisoned liquor). His shrewish wife, judgmental mother-in-law, and good-for-nothing brother-in-law add to his burdens. In the end he enjoys their fawning loyalty, a raise in pay, and his first vacation.
IMDB:tt0026676