Rare Sound Comedy Shorts

British funnyman Moore Marriott plays a meek man whose wife urges him to climb the job ladder in "Mr. Smith Wakes Up" (1929), with Elsa Lanchester; a boxer and his manager crash a high-society soirée in "High Hats and Low Brows" (1932), starring James Gleason and Mae Busch; a married author tries to hire a chief but signs up with a matchmaking service in "Object Not Matrimony" (1935), with Hope Emerson and Ernest Truex; and "Farmland Fantasy" (1938), culled from a lost promo film by Standard Oil, stars Robert Armstrong and Andy Clyde. 97 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.