Queen High


1h 25m 1930

Brief Synopsis

The two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask their lawyer to dissolve their partnership, he proposes that instead the two of them play a single poker hand: the loser to become the winner's personal manservant for a year.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Musical
Release Date
Aug 23, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Paramount-Publix Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Queen High by Laurence Schwab, B. G. DeSylva and Lewis E. Gensler (New York, 8 Sep 1926) and A Pair of Sixes ; a Farce in Three Acts by Edward Henry Peple (New York, 1917).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 25m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.20 : 1
Film Length
7,905ft (9 reels)

Synopsis

Business partners T. Boggs Johns and George Nettleton, who operate a garter-manufacturing business, are so constantly at odds that their lawyer, Cyrus Vanderholt, proposes that they settle their differences by a hand of draw poker; the winner is to take over the business for a year and the loser to become a butler in the household of the other. Meanwhile, Nettleton gives his niece, Polly Rockwell, a stenographic position, as Johns had previously hired his nephew, Dick. Johns loses the game; and when Florence, his fiancée, shows up as a guest at Nettleton's home, complications ensue as he is pursued by Coddles, the maid. Meanwhile Dick and Polly fall in love, and Polly suggests that Johns pretend to be happy under his new "master" and flirt with his wife. Nettleton becomes extremely jealous. When the partners find that the agreement is not legally binding, they unite in chasing out the rascally lawyer.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Musical
Release Date
Aug 23, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Paramount-Publix Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Queen High by Laurence Schwab, B. G. DeSylva and Lewis E. Gensler (New York, 8 Sep 1926) and A Pair of Sixes ; a Farce in Three Acts by Edward Henry Peple (New York, 1917).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 25m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.20 : 1
Film Length
7,905ft (9 reels)

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Trivia

Members of the cast of the successful Broadway Show "Follow Thru" can be seen in some scenes, among them is Eleanor Powell.