Why Pay Rent? (1935)
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.
- Date of release
- 1935-05-04
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Lloyd French
Casting
- Roscoe Ates — Elmer Whipple
- Shemp Howard — Henry
- Billie Leonard — Billie
- Ethel Sykes — Betty Whipple
- Roy Le May — Junior
- Richard Wallace — Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
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