The Family Upstairs
by Harry Delf

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Highlights

105 mins1920sInterior SetPeriod CostumesComedy

Synopsis

Joe Heller's wife's one anxiety is to get daughter Louise married.

Joe's ambition is to get son Willie to work.

Then Louise announces that Charles Grant, her boyfriend, and she are engaged.

Mother is concerned whether he can support Louise on his salary - but tells the neighbors he's a banker.

The game of bluff goes on - and Charles begins to wonder what kind of family he's getting into.

Briefly, the engagement seems to be off - and then his mother appears on the scene.

She's just as big a bluffer as Mrs. Heller - and both see through all the bluffs and discount them.

Characters

Character
Emma Heller

The mother

Louise Hellr

The elder sister

Willie Heller

The brother

Annabelle

The babysitter

Mrs. Grant

His mother

Herbert

His brother

Joe Heller

The father

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
BindingPaperback
ISBN-139780573608827
ISBN-100573608822

The Family Upstairs is a comedy play written by Harry Delf and published by Samuel French.

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