Man on the flying trapeze [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; Adolph Zukor presents ; produced by William LeBaron ; screenplay by Ray Harris and Sam Hardy ; directed by Clyde Bruckman.
W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton. Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
Summary:
Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off (his first in twenty-five years) to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss that he must attend his mother-in-law's funeral. The afternoon is no joy. He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up getting hit by the body of a wrestler thrown from the ring. A series of mishaps leads his boss to send floral tributes to the house and notify the papers of the death (due to poisoned liquor). His shrewish wife, judgmental mother-in-law, and good-for-nothing brother-in-law add to his burdens. In the end he enjoys their fawning loyalty, a raise in pay, and his first vacation.
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