Dollar Dizzy

The film begins with a cute scene where Charley is phoned by lawyers and told he's inherited $2,000,000. His reaction as well as his mother's and even the cat's are all pretty priceless! The lawyers advise Charley to leave town in order to avoid fortune-hunters who will read about his inheritance, so Charley heads to a resort and tries to remain incognito. Unfortunately, soon the word is out and Charley becomes an extremely popular guy with the ladies.

When Charley is accidentally put in the same room with an heiress who is also trying to avoid gold-diggers, they both think the other is trying to make advances on the other because of their fortune. So, both go to crazy lengths to avoid the other--leading to a very funny final scene.

While the situations in this short aren't super-hilarious in and of themselves, the film really makes the most of the characters' reactions--and I laughed out loud because of this. The opening and closing scenes worked so wonderfully because the actors (including that cat) pulled it off so well. And, in between, the scenes where the women pretended to be in distress to get his attention are very funny as well. Truly this is one of Charley's best sound comedies.