[Bounci]

This comes from the Pre Code film Night Work from 1930, but I felt it actually suited better here. It involves Frances Upton and Eddie Quillan working in a department store, but in this scene they get involved in an argument when Eddie's boss (Robert McWade) enters unexpectedly, with Frances not supposed to be there. Thinking quick, Eddie pretends he is undressing a window dummy, but unfortunately for her his boss decides to sit down at the desk to do some work and insists that Eddie get on with stripping her. Frances' expression is a treat, and the whole scene is a delight, as she tries to stop Eddie from stripping her, and looks mortified when she realizes she cannot do anything but let him remove her dress. It threatens to get even worse when his boss decides that he needs to take off her bloomers, but when she makes a noise to object, Eddie bends her over as his boss comes across and tells him the noise was him talking to the dummy. They then pat her bum in laughter - with Frances pinching at Eddie's legs in retaliation - before eventually the boss decides to leave. "Go ahead and get dressed," says Eddie to a now despondent Frances. "I'll turn my back." "Why?" she wails. "I ain't got no secrets from you no more." To add insult to injury, when she leaves she's got her skirt tucked up in her knickers, leaving Eddie to pull out her skirt to spare her even further indignity. If you like EUF and vintage film, you'll like this. Enjoy.