His Unlucky Night

His Unlucky Night

18 mins | Comedy | Aug. 12, 1928

Friends Billy Trotter and Homer Brown are both traveling salesmen who meet up at a hotel on their travels. Since they last saw each other, Billy has gotten married. Homer is lamenting still being single and thinks that he will never find a woman who will want to be Mrs. Brown. Billy gets one of his old girlfriends, Peggy, a telephone operator, reluctantly to set Homer up with one of her friends. She chooses Jennie, a homebody of a woman who generally spends her evenings playing checkers with her father. Billy and Peggy accompany Homer and Jennie on their date, acting as their chaperons. Billy is able to maneuver Homer and Jennie into getting married that evening. Back at the hotel, a combination of changed hotel rooms, Jennie's angry father, Billy's jealous wife, and a confused hotel detective leads to misunderstandings and complications for all concerned.

His Unlucky Night

18 mins | Comedy | Aug. 12, 1928

His Unlucky Night
Friends Billy Trotter and Homer Brown are both traveling salesmen who meet up at a hotel on their travels. Since they last saw each other, Billy has gotten married. Homer is lamenting still being single and thinks that he will never find a woman who will want to be Mrs. Brown. Billy gets one of his old girlfriends, Peggy, a telephone operator, reluctantly to set Homer up with one of her friends. She chooses Jennie, a homebody of a woman who generally spends her evenings playing checkers with her father. Billy and Peggy accompany Homer and Jennie on their date, acting as their chaperons. Billy is able to maneuver Homer and Jennie into getting married that evening. Back at the hotel, a combination of changed hotel rooms, Jennie's angry father, Billy's jealous wife, and a confused hotel detective leads to misunderstandings and complications for all concerned.
Producers Mack Sennett Comedies
Original title His Unlucky Night
Directors Harry Edwards
Writers V.K. Shimer, Douglas Bronston, Earle Rodney, Vernon Smith, Nicholas T. Barrows, Harry McCoy

Cast

Billy Bevan

as Billy Trotter

Dot Farley

as Mrs. Trotter

Vernon Dent

as Homer Brown

Carole Lombard

as Peggy - Telephone Operator

Carmelita Geraghty

as Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend

William McCall

as Hotel Manager

Andy Clyde

as Homer's Father-in-Law

Bud Jamison

as Hotel Detective

Sunshine Hart

as Hotel Manager's Wife

Art Rowlands

as Hotel Clerk