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Comedy, 67 min, B&W
Directed by: William Hamilton
Cast: Lucille Ball, Hedda Hopper, Owen Davis, Louise Latimer
Bunker Bean (Owen Davis Jr.), a meek office clerk, has grandiose dreams but seems destined to remain forever in his lowly station. He seeks out the help of a fortune- teller, who tells him he is the reincarnation of Napoleon and also of an Egyptian Pharaoh. Armed with his new sense of power, Bunker proceeds to win the hand of his boss' daughter (Louise Latimer) and also outwits her cutthroat father in a business deal. Now a winner, Bean suddenly learns that the crystal ball-gazer was a phony, and that he found success not through any aristocratic bloodlines but through sheer spunk and belief in his own abilities.
Owen Davis Jr. sits down on the sofa, puts Louise Latimer over his knee and gives her bottom a stinging spanking which makes her scream and yell. 16 spanks are shown on screen and several more heard along with her yells.
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Owen Davis Jr..... Bunker Bean
Louise Latimer.... Mary Kent
Robert McWade.... John 'J.C.' Kent
Jessie Ralph.... Grandmother
Lucille Ball.... Miss Rosie Kelly
Berton Churchill.... Professor Ed Balthazer
Edward J. Nugent.... Mr. Glab (as Edward Nugent)
Hedda Hopper.... Mrs. Dorothy Kent
Ferdinand Gottschalk.... Dr. Meyerhauser
Leonard Carey.... Kent's Butler
Russell Hicks.... Al 'A.C.' Jones
Sibyl Harris.... Countess Cassandra
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ralph Byrd....
Helen Lowell....
Will Stanton....
Richard Abbott.... Jones & Co. Clerk
Charles Arnt.... Mr. Metzger
Richard Barbee....
Joan Davis.... Mabel, Bunker's Secretary
Edgar Dearing.... Policeman
Ben Hewlett.... Board of Director
Maxine Jennings.... Jones & Co. Receptionist
Lorimer Johnston....
Edward LeSaint.... Board of Director
Pierre Watkin.... Mr. Barnes
Patricia Wilder.... Jones' Secretary
Directed by
William Hamilton
Edward Killy
Writing credits
Harry Leon Wilson (novel)
Lee Wilson Dodd (play His Majesty Bunker Bean)
Edmund H. North (screenplay) (as Edmund North) &
James Gow (screenplay) and
Dorothy Yost (screenplay)
Henry Johnson (contributing writer) and
John Grey (contributing writer)
Produced by
William Sistrom.... associate producer
Samuel J. Briskin.... executive producer
Original Music by
Arthur Lange
Cinematography by
David Abel
Film Editing by
Jack Hively
Art Direction by
Van Nest Polglase
Art Department
Alfred Herman.... associate art director (as Al Herman)
Sound Department
Clem Portman.... sound recordist
Other crew
Roy Webb.... musical director
Crew believed to be complete
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures Inc. [us]
Distributors
RKO Radio Pictures Inc. [us]
Also Known As:
His Majesty Bunker Bean (UK)
Runtime: 67 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Victor System)
