Object Not Matrimony

"Object Not Matrimony" is a short film from Al Christie's Educaitonal Pictures...a studio that made comedies during the 1930s. It stars Ernest Truex, a guy who starred or co-starred in quite a few films...though I had no idea he had made comedy shorts.

When the story begins, Ernest's wife has been out of town visiting her mother for some time. With the wife gone, he's let the house go to pot and so the wife suggests he arranges to have a housekeeper come to take care of him until she returns. By mistake, instead of going to the right place, Ernest accidentally goes to a matrimonial agency and throughout the film he has no idea that his new cook THINKS she is his new wife!

One of the funniest lines in the short might offend some. When asked what he's looking for in a woman, Ernest says he really doesn't care as long as she can cook. He then says he'd "like a colored one" (as many housekeepers of this era were black). It's funny...and surprised me. In addition, there are several cute scenes between him and his new 'bride'. Well worth seeing.