A broke theatre troupe running a hotel? Chaos with jazz hands.
In this musical-comedy short, an out-of-work theatre troupe assumes management of the debt-ridden Grand Majestic Hotel.
Direction
Roy Mack crams three set pieces into 22 minutes.
Practical Effects
Real swing band, zero studio fakery—1937 energy unmatched.
Costume
Depression-chic hotel uniforms somehow slap.
Director
Roy Mack
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the 1937 recession within the Depression, this short sold fantasy of effortless class mobility when breadlines were real.
Eddie Foy Jr. was Hollywood royalty—his father led the Seven Little Foyes vaudeville act—making his 'failed producer' role deliciously ironic casting.
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