USA,
1931, 77 min
Directed by:
Charles ReisnerCinematography:
Leonard SmithCast:
Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Lucien Littlefield, William Collier Jr., Sally Eilers, William Bakewell, Roscoe Ates, Sidney Bracey, Bobby Dunn, George ReedPlots(1)
Marie Truffle (Marie Dressler) and her rambunctious brood take the train from South Bend to sophisticated Manhattan. There, Marie gets a job in the slimming spa owned by her successful sister (frequent Dressler co-star Polly Moran) and untangles the romantic knots created by four headstrong young lovers. From snappy start to warm Thanksgiving Day finish, Reducing is a delight as Dressler wrestles with the indignities visited upon a large woman in a small upper berth, explores the mysteries of electric reducing belts or dumps Sis in a mudbath. (official distributor synopsis)
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