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The Bargain of the Century


Date: 1933
Type: Comedy / Short
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Blak and White
Director: Charley Chase
Producer: Hal Roach

Comment/Synopsis

Thelma Todd and Zazu Pitts get a policeman sacked after dragging him in to bargin basement sale. They take him back to their appartment and then entertain the chief of police in the hope of getting him his job back, but things do not go as planned. This is one of a series of comedy shorts featuring Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts. This one has a number of good visual jokes.

Actors


Zasu PittsZasu Pitts
Thelma ToddThelma Todd
Billy GIlbertBilly GIlbert
James P Burtis

Oscars

None
Production
Hal Roach Studios