Bubbling Over (film)

Bubbling Over is a 1934 American musical comedy short film directed by Leigh Jason. The film includes various negative stereotypes. It is extant.

Bubbling Over
Directed by	Leigh Jason
Written by	Burnet Hershey (writer)
Produced by	Meyer Davis (associate producer) Monroe Shaff (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	1934 (1934)
Running time	20 minutes (USA)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Samson Peabody is the janitor in an apartment building where he and his wife Ethel live with a large crowd of Samson's freeloading relatives. When more relatives come to stay, Ethel throws them out. A scheming occupant of the building reads Samson's mail and poses as a clairvoyant predicting the events of the letter; the arrival of Samson's rich Uncle for dinner. However, the Uncle is a penniless lunatic (imagining himself to be The Emperor Jones) and a pickpocket. He steals the chicken dinner, several watches of the guests, the clairvoyant's crystal ball, and (in the final scene) all the clothes of the people in the room.

Cast

• Ethel Waters as Ethel Peabody
• Southernaires Quartet as Some Relatives
• Hamtree Harrington as Presbee Peabody
• Frank L. Wilson as Swami River

Soundtrack

• Ethel Waters - "Taking Your Time"
• Southernaires Quartet - "Hang Your Hat in a Harlem Flat"
• Ethel Waters - "Darkies Never Dream"
• Southernaires Quartet - "Company's Coming Tonight"

External links

• Bubbling Over at IMDb
• The short film Bubbling Over is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• Film at Daily Motion