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Service with a Smile

Service with a Smile

1934Short⏱️ 17mApproved
ShortComedyMusical
7.1
IMDB Rating
137 votes

Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.

Director
Roy Mack
Writers
Eddie Moran, A. Dorian Otvos
Stars
Leon Errol, Maxine Doyle, Herbert Evans
Release Date
July 28, 1934
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 12
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Leon Errol
Leon Errol
as Walter Webb
Maxine Doyle
Maxine Doyle
as Girl in Auto
Herbert Evans
Herbert Evans
as Golfer
Marie Wells
Marie Wells
as Mrs. Walter Webb
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Harry Seymour
as Harold Bigsby
Frank Darien
Frank Darien
as Customer
Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher
as Lonesome Driver
Mildred Dixon
Mildred Dixon
as Chorus girl
Lester Dorr
Lester Dorr
as Sign Salesman
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Ben Hall
as Will

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

broadway brevity1930syear 1934insurance claimapril fools

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicalShort

⭐ Featured Review

Technicolor Makes the Film
by Michael_Elliott2013-11-01

"Service with a Smile (1934) *** (out of 4) Leon Errol plays a gas station owner who gets a call in the middle of the night saying his piece of junk station has blown up. Knowing he's going to get the insurance money, he decides to make his status out to be something much better than it actually was. Errol tells a story about a neon lights station being ran by chorus girls. SERVICE WITH A SMILE comes from Vitaphone, features a familiar comic and best of all is in glorious 3-strip Technicolor. There's no question about it but the Technicolor is the reason to check out this two-reel..."

💡 Did You Know?

This was the first of two three-strip Technicolor live-action shorts, completed and released by WB four months before La Cucaracha (1934), which is often identified as the first one. Good Morning, Eve! (1934) was the second one.

📖 Synopsis

Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.