Nickle Nurser, The (1932)
*** (out of 4)
Efficiency expert Charley Chase is hired by a father who wants him to teach his three daughters the value of a buck and make them understand that they can't just keep spending money. Chase arrives at the house but the third daughter (Thelma Todd) pretends to be a servant while the real servant takes her new position a tad bit too serious, which causes her crazy butler/husband (Billy Gilbert) to go off the deep end. This is yet another winning short from Chase who wants again proves that he deserves more credit in today's age when it seems all that people remember are Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd. In this film he gets to do show many sides of his comic talent but I think what I enjoyed most were his reactions. There's a strong supporting cast here so it's not necessary for him to do everything so this allows him to simply react to the madness that the others are doing. I loved his facial gestures and one of the highlights is when the girl's order some expensive underwear and Chase decides to show them what cheap underwear is. Another terrific sequence is when the Belle Hare character decides to play it rich and ends up acting like Greta Garbo (the characters name is also Greta). The film has one nice laugh after another and once again Chase and Todd do great work together.
