Edmund Lowe is a fine defense attorney, but his hobby of collecting and opening locks has driven wife Janis Carter mad to the point of divorce. Lowe agrees to give it up and concentrate on his law practice, but in walks a man with a mysterious chest that needs to be open. This leads to a mysterious chemical formula, a mysterious cabal and a corpse.
This comedy-mystery works for about half its length, but eventually director William Berke decides that not enough amusing things are hapening and goes hog wild. I agree that setting Lowe's top hat on fire is a good idea; there are no snow balls to knock it off. However, when he decides to put on a zoot suit to act as a disguise, he winds up looking like Chester Clute!
This comedy-mystery works for about half its length, but eventually director William Berke decides that not enough amusing things are hapening and goes hog wild. I agree that setting Lowe's top hat on fire is a good idea; there are no snow balls to knock it off. However, when he decides to put on a zoot suit to act as a disguise, he winds up looking like Chester Clute!