''You Said a Mouthful'' is a 1932 American

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directed by

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and written by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory. The film stars

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, Edwin Maxwell and Sheila Terry. The film was released by

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on December 8, 1932.

Plot

Joe Holt works for the Armstrong Rubber Goods company and believes that he has invented an unsinkable bathing suit. His colleagues mock Joe behind his back and fool him into thinking that his boss likes the swimsuit idea. Joe travels to California to inherit his aunt's fortune, which he intends to use to finance the manufacture of his swimsuit. However, his aunt died broke. Joe befriends a servant's son, Sam Wellington, and together take a boat to Santa Catalina Island. Socialite Alice Brandon mistakes Joe for a famous swimmer with his same name. She has just parted ways with channel swimmer Ed Dover and wants Ed to lose an upcoming channel race, so she persuades Joe to enter. Sam must teach Joe how to swim. The real swimmer Joe Holt finds himself in jail after being accused as an impostor. Joe impresses Alice by winning the race.

Cast

as Joe Holt *

as Alice Brandon *

as Ed Dover *

as Sam Wellington (credited as "Farina") *

as Harry Daniels * Edwin Maxwell as Dr. Vorse * Sheila Terry as Cora Norton * Walter Walker as Tom Brandon

References

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* * * * 1932 films 1932 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Lloyd Bacon First National Pictures films 1930s American films English-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub