The Babbling Book (Short 1932)

The Babbling Book: Directed by Aubrey Scotto. With George Burns, Gracie Allen, Chester Clute, Donald Meek. Burns and Allen have a dizzy conversation in a bookstore.

“George Burns walks into a bookstore, where shopgirl Gracie Allen tries to sell him a copy of THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. Gracie talks about her brothers, who seem to be twins mistaken for triplets because one of them is two-faced. We also get to.see Donald Meek as her father.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn an effort to give. The dozen shorts they made from 1929 through 1933 some structure, Burns u0026amp; Allen usually had some situation, ad interaction with other players, usuaully in an effort to give Burns some funny lines; when the act started, after all, he was the comic and Miss Allen was the straight man. Me, Iu0026#39;d rather just hear Gracie talk about her brother.”