Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
1938 · Feature film · 67 min · dir. Gordon Wiles
HE WAS AN OPTIMIST... He could see the doughnut when others only saw the hole!
- romantic comedy
Synopsis
Mr. Boggs Steps Out is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles. The film is based on the Clarence Budington Kelland Saturday Evening Post short story Face the Facts. The working titles of the film were Face the Facts and Mr. Boggs Buys a Barrel.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Gordon Wiles
- Writer
- Clarence Budington Kelland
- Cinematography
- John Stumar
- Studio
- Zion Meyers Productions
- Released
- 1938-02-18
- Running time
- 67 minutes
Cast & crew
- Gordon Wiles Director
Stuart Erwin
Helen Chandler
Toby Wing
Tully Marshall
Spencer Charters
Walter Byron
Harry Tyler
Milburn Stone
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · above average · jimelena · 2006-09-26
Well acted, moves along at a good pace, the writing is good, and the film quality is good too. Go ahead and watch if you like subtle humor.
★★★ · Boggs should have been better · Ella Greggs · 2005-11-03
It would be too harsh to say don't bother with 'Boggs', but I thought this film should have been better. All the elements for a good, solid screwball comedy were there: straight-arrow protagonist, wise-cracking secretary/good love interest, scheming "Big Corporation," Ice Goddess Blonde/bad love interest, wacky inventor. But it was all just tepid. And the agitating labor activist seemed really out of place. The early scenes are the best, and I was disappointed that the rest of the film didn't live up to its initial promise.
