Name: Public Deb No. 1
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1940-09-13
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: George Murphy, Brenda Joyce, Ralph Bellamy

Brenda Joyce owns a major soup company. The new butler, Mischa Auer, has persuaded her to be a communist, so sales of the company's soup drop off nationwide. After she gets waiter George Murphy fired and put in jail, Auer points out that if she is going to sell the company and donate the money to the Party, she has to revive the company until her 21st birthday. So she gets Murphy out of jaiil and begins a mock romance with him, much to the chagrin of her uncle, Charlie Ruggles, and her fiance, Ralph Bellamy, who is running for Congress.

This 20th Century-Fox B comedy has a goodly number of comic actors, and Elsa Maxwell too, but its high concept approach towards a screwball comedy seems unhappily grumpy to me. Still, keep an eye out for Maxie Rosenbloom, Berton Churchill, and Franklin Pangborn.

The comedy genre refers to a category of entertainment that aims to amuse and entertain audiences by using humor, wit, and comedic situations. Comedies are created with the primary intention of eliciting laughter and providing lighthearted enjoyment. They encompass a wide range of styles, tones, and themes, appealing to various tastes and audiences.

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After a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice president of his company.

Mischa Auer, Brenda Joyce, Elsa Maxwell, and George Murphy in Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

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Brenda Joyce and George Murphy in Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

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