Room for Two (1940)
Directed by Maurice Elvey
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The British Room for Two takes place in a back-lot Venice. Womanizing Englishman Vic Oliver takes a fancy to married tourist Frances Day. In a plot device right out of Charley's Aunt, Oliver disguises himself in drag and hires on as Day' maid (female impersonation was a valuable part of music-hall favorite Oliver's repertoire). When Day's philandering hubby Basil Radford comes home, the laughs start rolling in. Room for Two is based on a stage farce by Gilbert Wakefield.
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con/scam, extramarital-affair, impersonation, love, love-triangle, maid, marriage, mistress, romance, seduction