What a Blonde

There's no point in discussing the details of this farce, but for various reasons involving wartime rationing and shortages, Hosiery manufacturer Leon Errol winds up with his mansion occupied not only by the usual people, but a bevy of chorines, pompous, judgmental Clarence Kolb and his wife, inventor Richard Lane and Elaine Riley, who's simultaneously Errol's secretary and Lane's fiancée. Also, Kolb thinks Errol is married to Veda Ann Borg, the head of the chorus girls, and that Errol's wife is his house keeper.

Don't worry too much about it, because like all of Errol's starring features in this period - except for the Mexican Spitfires - it looks much like two or three of his shorts stitched together, and the pleasure is watching Errol going through his various shticks in rapid succession, which he does, except for his rubber-legs routine. It's co-written by Errol's frequent writer, Charles Robert's, and director Leslie Goodwins and editor Edward Williams keep things bumping along for a brisk 71 minutes.

After a sequence set on a smoke-filled train presumably to add running time, we get the usual mistaken identity and scurrying about Leon Erroll's palatial home until it eventually reaches feature length and ends.

At least it's got Veda Ann Borg in it.

Sure it's the same old mix up plot from Leon Errol, but he's so good at it he's always an entertaining old rascal! If you like the Mexican Spitfire movies, you'll love this one too.

I wasn't born until 30 years after this movie was made, but I haven't had a movie make me laugh this much in a long time. The situations were hysterical and the main character was a hoot!

The plot is obvious but who cares. Leon Errol was a master of the put-upon petty tyrant who is continually misunderstanding people and getting himself into trouble. (Paul Ford - Bilko's commanding officer -followed in his mold). The situations in this movie tend to be straight out of burlesque but even when you can see the events coming in advance (e.g., the wife unexpectedly coming home early) you still have to laugh out loud as they unfold. For those old enough to remember WW II you get taken back to meat and gasoline rationing and ration coupons. Younger people may go "Huh?" not understanding how desperate drivers were to obtain gasoline (think odd and even days at gas stations in the '70s). If you get a chance, see this movie and just have a good time!