Stepping Out

Charley Chase has been married to Thelma Todd for five years, and is missing the days when he sowed his wild oats. Thelma tells him he can go out on the town on his own.

Things don't work out, of course. The moths have gotten at his formal duds, and the night clubs don't allowed unaccompanied men. So Charley picks up a date. Unfortunately for him, it's Anita Garvin.

This early Chase talkie is still missing its sound track, but it gets along fine without it, as Miss Garvin torments Charley, who grows maudlin drunk. Frankly, the pacing seems to work better in his early talkies without the soundtrack, with Charley's gags still firmly visual.