Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.
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Charlotte Mineau
- Mrs. Hawkins - Landlady
- (as Charlotte Meno)
Bud Jamison
- Bud
- (as Bud Jamieson)
Charlie Hall
- The Stage Manager
- (as Charley Hall)
Symona Boniface
- The Actress
- (uncredited)
Pat McKee
- Backstage Doorman
- (uncredited)
Charles Williams
- Billy Freeman - Theatrical Agent
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- Quotes
Mrs. Hawkins - Landlady: Pitts!
Pitts: Yes, ma'am. Were you calling me?
Mrs. Hawkins - Landlady: I thought I heard you upstairs?
Pitts: Oh, I guess I was just echoing.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Old Bull (1932)
Featured review
Strictly Unwatchable
Thelma Todd is a lovely lady named Thelma Todd who has been locked out of her boardinghouse for non-payment of rent. She needs her clothes for her vaudeville act. Zasu Pitts is the cleaning lady at the boardinghouse who wants to be a ballerina. Thelma gets her clothes. Zasu gets to go on stage. Complications ensue.
The idea of rubber limbed Ms. Pitts (the prototype for Olive Oyl) attempting ballet is a good one executed badly. (And this is the problem with many shorts -- which were made cheaply and in a hurry) Movie focuses on ZaSu, who cannot carry a movie without material. Thelma is given little to do, except look very pretty.
Stumbled on this one on Turner Classic Movies. It is seriously not worth seeking out, even as an early example of the director who would give us Destry Rides Again.
The idea of rubber limbed Ms. Pitts (the prototype for Olive Oyl) attempting ballet is a good one executed badly. (And this is the problem with many shorts -- which were made cheaply and in a hurry) Movie focuses on ZaSu, who cannot carry a movie without material. Thelma is given little to do, except look very pretty.
Stumbled on this one on Turner Classic Movies. It is seriously not worth seeking out, even as an early example of the director who would give us Destry Rides Again.
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- Jun 19, 2006
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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