Pressured by his in-laws to expand his house, Edgar forgoes a professional architect and takes on the job himself.Pressured by his in-laws to expand his house, Edgar forgoes a professional architect and takes on the job himself.Pressured by his in-laws to expand his house, Edgar forgoes a professional architect and takes on the job himself.
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Florence: [Trying to calm Edgar down after he has inadvertently thrown the building inspector out the door] Now, Edgar... now, Edgar... just calm down, dear... now, there you are... If you'll be nice and don't lose your temper, we'll all pitch in and help you rebuild that chimney.
Edgar: [Still angry and frustrated] Well, there isn't gonna be any chimney! in fact, there isn't gonna be any fireplace!
Florence: [Tittering] Aw, Edgar, there has to be! How is Santa Claus gonna get in at Christmas?
Edgar: [He shakes his head impatiently] Hasn't your mother ever told you?
Florence: What?
Edgar: That there ain't no Santa Claus!
[Florence giggles absent-mindedly and walks away]
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Composed by Euphemia Allen (a.k.a. Arhur de Lulli) (1877)
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While this type of comedy was best done by Laurel & Hardy (such as in "Towed in a Hole" and "The Fixer Uppers"), "I'll Fix It" was an amazingly good film--especially for the 1940s. However, "I'll Build It Myself" is an inferior film in most ways. Much of it is because of the inclusion of Florence Lake and her obnoxious family, as they got in the way of Kennedy being stupid and making mistakes. In other words, the focus of the the latter film is more on the in-laws and this tended to make the humor more forced and more like just another Kennedy/Lake outing. Not especially inspired or fun but it is watchable.
- planktonrules
- Jun 26, 2011
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