This short subject marked the screen debut of the Ritz Brothers comedy team. After this they appeared in feature films for 20th Century Fox because Darryl Zanuck wanted his own Marx Brothers working at his studio.
The brothers play the desk clerk, house detective and bellboy at the Hotel Anchovy. The place has seen better days and it looks like its closing down. So when Doris Hill the owner explains it to the staff in simple terms, $100.00 a day is gained when a guest checks in and $100.00 a day is lost when they check out, the boys take that to mean, get people and prevent them from checking out. They accomplish this in a variety of zany ways.
The Hotel Anchovy tries to be like The Cocoanuts, but fails. Primarily because of the fact that the Ritzs are indistinguishable. There's no individual identity with them as with other comedy teams. The film is good for a few chuckles, but there will be no longstanding comedy moments of memory from Hotel Anchovy.
The brothers play the desk clerk, house detective and bellboy at the Hotel Anchovy. The place has seen better days and it looks like its closing down. So when Doris Hill the owner explains it to the staff in simple terms, $100.00 a day is gained when a guest checks in and $100.00 a day is lost when they check out, the boys take that to mean, get people and prevent them from checking out. They accomplish this in a variety of zany ways.
The Hotel Anchovy tries to be like The Cocoanuts, but fails. Primarily because of the fact that the Ritzs are indistinguishable. There's no individual identity with them as with other comedy teams. The film is good for a few chuckles, but there will be no longstanding comedy moments of memory from Hotel Anchovy.