Bunker Bean

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Owen Davis Jr. and Louise Latimer in Bunker Bean (1936)

Bunker Bean, a meek office clerk, has grandiose dreams but seems destined to remain forever in his lowly station. He seeks out the help of a fortune- teller, who tells him he is the reincarn... Read allBunker Bean, a meek office clerk, has grandiose dreams but seems destined to remain forever in his lowly station. He seeks out the help of a fortune- teller, who tells him he is the reincarnation of Napoleon and also of an Egyptian Pharaoh. Armed with his new sense of power, Bunk... Read allBunker Bean, a meek office clerk, has grandiose dreams but seems destined to remain forever in his lowly station. He seeks out the help of a fortune- teller, who tells him he is the reincarnation of Napoleon and also of an Egyptian Pharaoh. Armed with his new sense of power, Bunker proceeds to win the hand of his boss' daughter and also outwits her cutthroat father in... Read all

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Based on the play by Lee Wilson Dodd titled "His Majesty, Bunker Bean" that opened on Broadway at the Astor Theatre, 1537 Broadway, on 2 October 1916 and ran for 72 performances. There were two previous film versions with the same title - His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918) and His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925). The play was based on a 1913 novel by Harry Leon Wilson that was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.

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Bunker Bean: I got to thinking the other night; it was right after I spanked you... Someday I might want to get married.
Mary Kent: Did spanking me give you that idea?

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Version of His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)

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4/10

Not bad but not worth much time

I watched this because Lucille Ball was listed high in the cast list. Well, she plays a secretary. She has five or six lines.

With the exception of performers in small roles, I don't recognize the names of the people who do star. In small roles are Hedda Hopper and Jessie Ralph.

It reminds me a little of the "Merton of the Movies" story: It's about a meek young man who toes the straight and narrow. He keeps trying and -- well, I won't tell what happens.

There must be a reason for the odd title. Was Bunker a popular name -- ever? Today it seems off-putting. What IS a bunker bean? It's a who, not a what. And it's fine if one has nothing better to watch.