Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

This one mostly won me over in spite of myself. Much of the humor doesn't hold up, but several jokes did and I actually laughed out loud multiple times.

The story is simple enough. A British butler named Ruggles is won in a poker game by a rich American couple. The wife is prim and proper while the husband is a good ol' boy who just wants to drink and carry on with his friends. It's a fish-out-of-water story when Ruggles travels with his new employers to Washington state.

It definitely feels dated, but a pretty good film all things considered.

26 to go...

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