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RUNTIME
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Tight 22-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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1935 0h 22m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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Elmer fixes up a room for his just-married, freeloading brother-in-law and wife. When the newlyweds show up, Henry brings a surprise in the form of stepson Junior. The apartment is now too small, so Henry decides that they'll buy a lot and build a do-it-yourself home, a disaster in the making when Junior switches the house's part numbers. It doesn't help matters that Elmer, Henry and the wives are all incompetent.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Roscoe Ates
Elmer Whipple
Shemp Howard
Henry
Billie Leonard
Billie
Ethel Sykes
Betty Whipple
Roy Le May
Junior
Richard Wallace
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lloyd French
- Writers
- Dolph Singer
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lloyd French directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 22-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 291 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Roscoe Ates and Shemp Howard and Billie Leonard carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0381709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 22 min · 0h 22m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Lloyd French
Production companies
Who made it
The Vitaphone Corporation
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1935-05-04
