Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again

Year: 1942

Runtime: 77 mins

Language: English

Director: Allan Dwan

Comedy

Radio’s beloved comedy duo Fibber and Molly celebrate their 20th anniversary and plan a big party, but when everyone turns them down they opt for a second honeymoon. After a night at the dilapidated Ramble Inn—the site of their first honeymoon—they head to a luxurious lakeside lodge, where old friends Edgar Bergan, Charlie McCarthy, Gildersleeve and Mrs. Uppington appear, turning the getaway into another lively celebration.

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1

20th anniversary party plans fall apart

Fibber and Molly plan a big 20th anniversary party, hoping to celebrate with friends at the Silver Tip Lodge. When most guests decline to attend, the couple decides to hold their own celebration. They resolve to relive their honeymoon by staying at the Ramble Inn for the night.

Evening McGee household
2

Decide to relive their honeymoon at Ramble Inn

Disheartened by the failed invitation, they decide to celebrate at the Ramble Inn to recreate their first honeymoon. They travel there to begin their private retreat.

Night Ramble Inn
3

Ramble Inn in ruins; they stay anyway

Upon arrival they find the Ramble Inn run down and derelict, yet they decide to stay the night anyway. They set up a makeshift honeymoon atmosphere in the faded rooms.

Night Ramble Inn
4

Head to Silver Tip Lodge for at least one night

Morning comes and Fibber insists they head to Lake Arcadia to spend at least one night at the Silver Tip Lodge despite their tight finances. They reframe their plan and look for a little romantic escape.

Morning Silver Tip Lodge, Lake Arcadia
5

Cadwalader offers money to Fibber

In the lodge lobby, Otis Cadwalder offers to pay Fibber if he can persuade Bergen to invest in Wallace Wimple's experimental synthetic gasoline formula. The scheme mounts tension over money and risk, and Fibber agrees to attempt the deal.

Evening Silver Tip Lodge lobby
6

Fibber visits Wimple; sees formula in action

Fibber visits Wimple's laboratory and sees the formula in action, and he agrees to partner with Cadwalader to push the idea forward. He keeps the arrangement secret from Bergen for now.

Evening Wallace Wimple's laboratory
7

Bergen and Charlie search for the rare moth

Bergen and Charlie are tasked by an institute to locate a rare silk spinning moth. During their search they meet Jean and her troop of girl guides, and Bergen quickly finds a specimen.

Evening Lodge vicinity
8

Bergen reports back to the lodge

Bergen rushes back to the lodge to phone the institute, while Charlie flirts with the girl guides. The insect find becomes a key plot point that ties the scientists to the rest of the festivities.

Night Silver Tip Lodge
9

Uppington and cocoons point toward an Indian reservation

At the party, Abigail Uppington, dressed as an Indian, begins to recite a cultural poem. A branch she carries is covered with cocoons, sending Bergen and others on a side quest to locate the source of the cocoons, which leads to an Indian reservation.

Evening Silver Tip Lodge lobby
10

Bergen and Charlie infiltrate the reservation

Bergen, in disguise, and Charlie sneak into the Indian reservation. The Indians threaten them, but Bergen uses ventriloquism to project his voice through a totem pole and the chief is impressed.

Night Indian reservation
11

Cocoons brittle; lab chaos brewing

Back at the laboratory, Bergen informs Jean that the cocoons are too brittle to unweave. Fibber arrives with a sample of the new formula and news that Wimple's invention may not be ready. In the ensuing chaos, Charlie accidentally spills the formula onto the cocoons, releasing the silk threads.

Night Laboratory
12

Carriage chase and a reconciled ending

Molly pulls away in a carriage with Cadwalader to avoid a scandal, prompting a wild chase. Bergen and Fibber pursue in a wagon loaded with dynamite, with Jean and Charlie following by car. The chase ends on a road near Lake Arcadia when Molly stops the carriage; the group reconciles as the dynamite explodes in the background, and Bergen contemplates buying the formula while Molly explains her motive.

Night Road near Lake Arcadia

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