Manhattan Monkey Business

Co-directed accidentally gives doorman a 20 not 1 finlayson in cowboy hat adn toupee.

In this film co-directed by Charley (using his real name, Charlet Parrot), Charley plays a working class stiff who has decided to save up his money for one night on the town at the Ritz. However, although he looks just fine in his tuxedo, he makes a huge mistake and accidentally tips the doorman $20 instead of $1. Of course, he doesn't realize the mistake until it's time to pay the bill...so the management make him wait tables and do dishes to pay for what he ate and drank. Unfortunately, he's simply terrible at being a waiter. But, oddly, a rich Texan (played, of all folks by James Finlayson!) thinks he recognizes Charley and invites him to sit with him and his pretty daughter (Joyce Compton). What's next?

Having the Scottish actor, Finlayson, playing a Texan sure was odd casting! Despite this, it's a pleasant little comedy....one of Charley's better ones of the era.