In 1916, just a year before "Bashful", Oliver Hardy made a short with the exact same plot as this Harold Lloyd film. It's so exact that although many might enjoy it, I was very disappointed because the film was essentially a knockoff of "One Too Many".
Harold plays a character that LOOKS like his typical bespectacled nice guy he played so successfully in the 1920s. This alone makes the film pretty good, as his earlier characters (such as Lonesome Luke) are pretty difficult to like. Along for support are two actors common in Lloyd films of the era, Snub Pollard and Bebe Daniels.
The film begins with Harold going to a party at Bebe's house. Soon he learns that an uncle is coming to town and promises to give him a huge inheritance since Harold has a wife and child...or at least Harold told his uncle this. In reality, he has neither and must find some substitutes for the uncle's visit. Can he and his pals fool the uncle? And where will they find a child?
As I mentioned above, the film is essentially a copy of another film...both with VERY contrived plots. Because it's not original and a bit ridiculous, I wasn't especially impressed.
