Charming comedy from Leo McCarey at his peak before he turned into a foaming anti-Communist and features one of Charles Laughton’s best performances as the butler who’s transferred to a family out west (Washington state in 1908) and decides to liberate himself. Decent fish out of water comedy moments and a famous one where Laughton recites the Gettysburg address. There’s a good villain in the snobby American. It does seem to end at the finale of Act two, although there’s an extra bit where Ruggles sets up his restaurant and is visited by his old boss. Charles Ruggles and Zasu Pitts lend support.
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