Speak Easily is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd, and directed by Edward Sedgwick.
Boarding a train bound for New York City, Prof. Post encounters James, the manager of a dancing troupe that has an engagement in the backwater town of Fish's Switch.
The troupe is stranded, but the professor finances the members and takes them to perform on Broadway, but only after James insists that the act be improved to a higher standard.
On the night of the show's debut, James discovers that Prof. Post does not really have the $750,000 he believes to possess, and attempts to keep him away from the production so the creditors won't find him.
The professor stumbles on stage and performs clumsy acrobatics at several points, amusing the audience who think it to be part of the act, and ensuring the success of the show.