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1h 9m 1930
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Brief Synopsis

A meek and clumsy employee of a large firm gets a chance to implement his useful ideas.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Feb 1, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Brothers Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Narrow Street by Edwin Bateman Morris (Philadelphia, 1924).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 9m
Film Length
6,341ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Simon Haldane, a timid bachelor, lives alone with his cat and works as bookkeeper for the Faulkner Phonograph Co., and though he offers many improvements, everyone--from Easter, his maid, to Bob Wyeth, the star salesman--treats him shabbily. He resents the attentions of women, particularly those of Agatha, a stenographer with an eye for romance whose marriage proposal is accidentally recorded. But Doris, a stranger, finds his address and comes with her mother to demand that he marry her; when he refuses, she promptly faints and is allowed to stay overnight. Doris gives Simon confidence in his ideas; he is promoted by Trundle, the general manager; and he gives Wyeth a drubbing when he offends one of the ladies. Then Faulkner introduces his daughter, Julia, whom Simon recognizes as Doris; Simon proposes; and they live happily together as man and wife.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Feb 1, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Brothers Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Narrow Street by Edwin Bateman Morris (Philadelphia, 1924).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 9m
Film Length
6,341ft (7 reels)

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