BUSTER KEATON "THE PASSIONATE PLUMBER" 1935 ART DECO MOVIE HERALD

Description

Original Herald from Uruguay and Argentina in South America. This kind of gorgeous heralds are quite scarce, they were printed by a local distributor (Max Glücksmann) just during a short period of time between the late 1920's and the late 1930's. Usually printed on both sides, in full color or in duotone inks featuring Art Deco style, they show great graphics from the films advertised. Most advertise a single feature movie, while a few examples advertise double movie programs.
Local Title:
AMANTE IMPROVISADO
Original Title:
THE PASSIONATE PLUMBER
Year / Country:
1932 - USA
Company:
METRO GOLDWYN MAYER
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Starring:
Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran, Irene Purcell, Gilbert Roland, Mona Maris, Henry Armetta
Size (unfolded):
226 mm x 165 mm (irregular shape)
Condition:
Excellent
Herald advertises this film as shown at
CINE DORE
from Uruguay on
Thursday, January 24, 1935
Comments:
"The Passionate Plumber" is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Irene Purcell. The screenplay by Laurence E. Johnson and Ralph Spence is based on the 1926 play "Dans sa candeur naïve" by Jacques Deval. It is the second screen adaptation of the play, following the 1928 silent film "The Cardboard Lover". It later was remade in 1942 as "Her Cardboard Lover". A French-language version was made at the same time, under the title "Le plombier amoureux".
Plot:
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken, and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a target-illuminating light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.