The Old Reliable: Pelham Wodehouse

Following the death of Carmen Flores, the lubricious Mexican star, her Hollywood house is bought by wealthy Adela Cork, whose impecunious brother-inlawSmedley searches forCarmen`s legendary lost diary, in the belief that its scorching revelations about the sex life of her fellow stars will make him millions. He is helped and hindered by a posse of engaging characters: a safe-cracking butler, an unemployed scriptwriter and the girl who won`t marry him, a goofy English peer, two Beverly Hills policemen who would much rather be actors, and - former queen of the silent screen, and the terror of directors and husbands alike - the redoubtable Adela herself. Fortunately, her sister, `Bill` Shannon, not for nothing nicknamed `The Old Reliable`, is on hand to ensure a satisfactory outcome. A light comedy which is also a sharp satire on Hollywood mores.