The Old Reliable

King Solomon, Brigham Young and Henry VIII may have enjoyed marriage but Smedley Cork had doubts- much to the regret of Wilhelmina 'Bill' Shannon. Other people had their problems too, at the Hollywood home of Adela Shannon, Empress of Stormy Emotion, none more than Phipps, butler extraordinary and safe-cracker cum laude...

When Smedley found the revealing diary of a torrid film star, eagerly sought after by the Studios in exchange for cash by the handful, it looked as though joy would be unconfined for the many. Yet, as some wise bird once said, there's many a slip... and Phipps proved a very slippery customer indeed...