THE STORY: When Prof. Tittlebury announces that he will give $100,000 to a couple willing to go in his rocket to the moon, Hank Musding has an idea that will enable him to cash in on the prize without delivering the goods. He will to sign up his sister Junie and her husband Joe, and when the rocket is ready to take off, change the aim so that it will land a mile offshore, where a tug will rescue them. Joe likes the idea, but Hank’s sister Fanny warns him, not to let Junie know that skulduggery is involved or she will turn down the proposal. When Hank approaches Junie, she is heartbroken because a movie contract has fallen through. In this frame of mind, she sees this as a chance to repay her family for their sacrifices while she tried to break into pictures. The deal is clinched. At this point Junie is introduced to Jimmy, the Professor’s nephew, who takes one look at her and fells head over heels in love. Meanwhile, Hank tips off the papers about the event and overnight Joe, Junie and the rocket become a big story. On the night of the take-off, after pleading in vain with her to give up the expedition, Jimmy kidnaps Junie. At their wits’ end, the family dresses Fanny’s husband Bill in Junie’s clothes and try to palm him off on the near-sighted Professor and—well, from this point things rocket to a climax.
An uproarious farce especially written for high schools.
