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The Old Grey Mayor: Directed by Lloyd French. With Bob Hope, Ruth Hall, Lionel Stander, Sam Wren. Bob and his fiancé try to break the news of their engagement to her father, the mayor, who is having a very bad day.
- (172)
- Comedy, Short
- Lloyd French
- 1935-04-06
The Old Grey Mayor. A politician disapproves of his daughter's fiance (Bob Hope) and tries to break them up. Yet another short-subject film spiced with Hope humor.
- (2)
- Lloyd French
- Comedy
- Bob Hope
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Comedy short in which a young man is determined to marry the daughter of a mayor, but faces resistance. The mayor uses his political connections to try and stop the union.
Brief Synopsis. In this comedic short, a boy and his fiancé try to break the news of their engagement to her father. Vitaphone Release 1823-1824.
However Mayor George Watts is determined like some medieval lord to marry off his daughter to Alderman Lionel Stander for the sake of political alliances. The short divides in two, first as Hope and daughter Ruth Hall get snared in the bureaucracy of City Hall trying to get a marriage license.
