Seine Frau hilft Geld verdienen (1950)

Seine Frau hilft Geld verdienen: Directed by Lloyd Bacon. With Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Carl Benton Reid, Gale Robbins. Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend’s kit without permission and her attempts at selling cosmetics door-to-door are disastrous. She and her fiance Humphrey get involved in a smuggling scheme and she becomes the prime suspect in first one and then a second murder. She and Humphrey find themselves dodging the police while trying to catch the real killers.

“Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert would like to get married and buy a model house. They both work for shady boss Jerome Cowan, who has a plan to use Albert for a crooked scheme and then fire him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen a friend selling cosmetics visits the office, switchboard operator Lucy decides to get started right away selling Fuller products door-to-door herself. Unfortunately she spills powder and lotion all over the switchboard and burns it up–having first splashed the powder all over Cowan. Itu0026#39;s not subtle but how can you not laugh?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLucyu0026#39;s adventures selling door-to-door include a funny cameo by Red Skelton, as well as a hilarious episode selling perms to four bridge ladies, whose hair falls out when a kid next door gets the hair rinse mixed up with his chemistry set.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMeanwhile, boss Cowanu0026#39;s shady deal leads to multiple murders…and the police discover that Lucy is leaving her fingerprints everywhere. Can our heroes get to the bottom of things before the cops catch up with them?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is ridiculous but really of secondary importance; Lucille Ballu0026#39;s antics are the main attraction here, and Lucy does a pretty good job of keeping us watching. While the picture has some dry spells, the funny parts are very funny indeed. Albertu0026#39;s rooftop fight with John Litel is one highlight–they keep bumping into TV antennas and mixing up everybodyu0026#39;s TV shows in the apartments below them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEventually everybody winds up on a cargo ship full of bananas, wine barrels, and a couple of parrots. (Mel Blanc as a parrot delivers several of the pictureu0026#39;s funniest lines.)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEddie Albert is solid as Lucyu0026#39;s loyal but slightly dopey boyfriend. The rest of the cast is fine but theyu0026#39;re really just support. Itu0026#39;s no classic but Lucille Ball is certainly fun to watch.”