Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931
Passed
1h 13m

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Buster Keaton and Joan Peers in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)

A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.

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6.1/10

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Trivia
Filmed in Buster Keaton's own house.

Goofs
After Reggie throws the gun through the closed hotel window, he opens it and looks straight down to see the policeman on the sidewalk who picked up the gun. The view of the sidewalk is unobstructed. A moment later, Reggie climbs out the same window onto a fire escape that was not there in the previous view.

Quotes
Angelica Embrey: The more I see of men, the more I love my dog.

Connections
Alternate-language version of Casanova wider Willen (1931)

Soundtracks
Step On It
(uncredited)
Music by Mel Kaufman

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7/10

Parlour, Bedroom, Bath and Even the Lobby

A far funnier film than I was led to believe. All Keaton fans usually hate the Metro movies, but there are delights here. Reginald Denny makes an excellent farceur and the inimitable Charlotte Greenwood is a surprisingly good match with Keaton. They have some exhausting physical scenes with each other and somehow, it clicks. Buster undergoes more punishment in these pictures than the ones he wrote and directed. It is almost as if someone at MGM decided that masochism was what made him funny. Nevertheless, he manages to shine as a timid soul who turns himself into a very enthusiastic lover. The film is "stagey" in that it keeps at times to a rendering very much like a proscenium theatre. It's fast. And fun.