A family man tries to spend a quiet Sunday at home, but his wife and children have other ideas.A family man tries to spend a quiet Sunday at home, but his wife and children have other ideas.A family man tries to spend a quiet Sunday at home, but his wife and children have other ideas.
Photos
Sonny Bupp
- Younger Son
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh
- Brother-in-law
- (uncredited)
Shirley Coates
- Daughter
- (uncredited)
Helen MacKellar
- Mrs. Doakes
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsPeople act as if this they'd never experienced a Sunday before - the daughter sings that her dad got fired because he isn't at work; the maid is vacuuming, when in all likelihood, she, herself, wouldn't be working; and on a pre-WWII Sunday in middle-class America, there is not one mention of church.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Joe Doakes: Oh - hello! Well... This being the day of rest, I can think of no better way of celebrating it than by resting. One of the troubles with this country is that nobody rests on Sunday.
Featured review
mildly humorous without actual laughs
It's Sunday and everyman Joe Doakes (Robert Benchley) is trying to rest. He tells us that nobody rests on Sunday. I don't know who he's talking about. I guess that the world is speeding up and people do stuff on the Lord's day which may be something new. He does some gardening or more realistically, battling the neighbor over trash and roots. He does some junk clearing and he's going to hurt his back that way. He's driving the family into country and ends up in a traffic jam. He's playing badminton and playing it badly. I don't see the family going to church. It's all mildly humorous without any actual laughs.
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- SnoopyStyle
- May 31, 2024
Details
- Runtime9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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