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When Do We Eat?

  • 1934
  • Passed
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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Charles Dorety and Lou Holtz in When Do We Eat? (1934)
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When the members of a theatrical troupe find themselves in financial trouble, they decide to open a nudist restaurant.When the members of a theatrical troupe find themselves in financial trouble, they decide to open a nudist restaurant.When the members of a theatrical troupe find themselves in financial trouble, they decide to open a nudist restaurant.

  • Director
    • Alfred J. Goulding
  • Stars
    • Lou Holtz
    • Benny Baker
    • Dorothy Compton
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    8
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alfred J. Goulding
    • Stars
      • Lou Holtz
      • Benny Baker
      • Dorothy Compton
    • 1User review
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    Lou Holtz
    Lou Holtz
    • Holtz
    Benny Baker
    Benny Baker
    • Showalsky
    Dorothy Compton
    • Dorothy
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Rigo - Restaurant Owner
    Arthur Treacher
    Arthur Treacher
    • Hemingway Potts
    Charles Dorety
    Charles Dorety
    • Desk Clerk
    Julia Griffith
    • Troup Member
    Phil Dunham
    Phil Dunham
    • Troupe Member
    Sue Brighton
    • Trouper
    Florence Dudley
    • Trouper
    Bud Jamison
    Bud Jamison
    • Benson
    Adrian Rosley
    • Senor Alvarez
    Ethel Sykes
    • Troupe Member
    William Irving
    William Irving
    • Diner
    Eddie Fetherston
    • Waiter
    Hal Price
    Hal Price
    • Customer
    Hugh Saxon
    • Customer
    Irene Thompson
    • Trouper
    • Director
      • Alfred J. Goulding
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    Very Unfunny

    Truly embarrassing and offensive comedy short. Thankfully Lou Holtz didn't make many. The nudist restaurant bit isn't bad, but the rest is. Really bad. Like in the restaurant when an angry customer asks for a demitasse and Holtz says 'what'? And the customer says 'a short black' -- and, you guessed it, Holtz brings out a little black boy as the punchline. No thank you. Lots of long, unfunny bits of Holtz going up against people like Arthur Treacher in which both just sit there and mug. The writing is inane.

    And you can't really call any of it acting. I guess Hollywood figured anyone from vaudeville could fit right in and be funny. But there's a reason we know the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers but not Lou Holtz. Because there's good, intelligent comedy. And bad, bad comedy. Like this.

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    • Release date
      • March 19, 1934 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Showmanship
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 20m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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