The McGuerins from Brooklyn


45m 1942
The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Brief Synopsis

Two cab drivers try to make a beat up cab into their ticket to success.

Film Details

Also Known As
Bridget from Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridget
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Dec 31, 1942
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
Distribution Company
United Artists Corp.
Country
United States
Location
Santa Monica--The Uplifters' Ranch, California, United States

Technical Specs

Duration
45m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Synopsis

Tim McGuerin, a former Brooklyn taxicab driver, has worked his way to the top of the profitable Red Circle cab company. Together with his business partner, Eddie Corbett, Tim has made a name for the company. Though Tim enjoys the rewards of a successful business venture, his marriage to the jealous Sadie has not been as successful. One day, Sadie catches her husband nearly embracing his pretty secretary, Lucy Gibbs, at the office billiard table, and accuses him of philandering. Despite Tim's insistence that he was merely showing Lucy how to make a difficult shot, Sadie refuses to believe him and leaves. Determined to convince Sadie of his faithfulness, Tim takes her to the Penguin Club, where Eddie has been instructed by pose as Lucy's sweetheart. Complications arise, however, when Sadie, heeding the advice of her "body conditioning" instructor, Professor Samson, refuses to go to the club. Meanwhile, back at the Penguin Club, Marcia Marsden, the woman Eddie was supposed to take out, arrives unexpectedly, and catches Eddie in a lie. Eddie tries to explain that his date with Lucy is the business meeting he told her about, but Marcia does not believe him and causes a scene. Hoping to clear up the misunderstanding, Eddie telephones Tim and tells him to rush over to the club, but Tim arrives just as police raid the place. While Tim helps Lucy escape through a window, a photographer snaps their photograph, and the picture of their apparent embrace is printed in the newspapers the following day. Unable to bear the insult of the scandal, Sadie goes to Professor Samson's Paradise Spa to get a complete conditioning and make her husband jealous. Attempting yet again to prove to his wife that he is blameless, Tim takes Eddie and Lucy to Samson's Paradise for a showdown. When Marcia learns of Tim and Eddie's trip to Samson's, she follows them there and picks a fight with Eddie. After Eddie and Marcia leave, Tim tries to win his wife's love anew by staging a phony fight for her honor. The plan backfires, though, when Sadie discovers the ruse, and she throws Tim a real punch.

Film Details

Also Known As
Bridget from Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridget
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Dec 31, 1942
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
Distribution Company
United Artists Corp.
Country
United States
Location
Santa Monica--The Uplifters' Ranch, California, United States

Technical Specs

Duration
45m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

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Notes

The working titles of this film were Bridget from Brooklyn and Brooklyn Bridget. According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, some scenes were shot on location at The Uplifters' Ranch in Santa Monica, CA. For further information on "The McGuerin Family" series, consult the Series Index, and see the entry above for Brooklyn Orchid. The McGuerins from Brooklyn was also one of Hal Roach's "streamlined features," a series of short comedies intended to fill the second half of a double bill. The first streamlined feature was the 1941 film Tanks a Million (see below).