Bubbling Over is a 1934 American musical comedy short film directed by Leigh Jason.

Samson Peabody is the janitor in an apartment building where he and his wife Ethel live with a large crowd of Samson's freeloading relatives.

A scheming occupant of the building reads Samson's mail and poses as a clairvoyant predicting the events of the letter; the arrival of Samson's rich Uncle for dinner.

However, the Uncle is a penniless lunatic (imagining himself to be The Emperor Jones) and a pickpocket.

He steals the chicken dinner, several watches of the guests, the clairvoyant's crystal ball, and (in the final scene) all the clothes of the people in the room.