The Dummy Owner

Comedy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Jean Yarbrough

Status Released

Release Date 1938-01-08

Storyline

Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.