What Price Pants (1931)

08/21/1931 (US) • 18m

Comedy

Overview

The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its illegal shenanigans. Charlie Dale is the greedy owner of a sweatshop pants factory, and Joe Smith is his underpaid cutter. A letter arrives for Smith, informing him that he's about to receive an unexpected inheritance. Dale intercepts the letter, and offers Smith a partnership in the pants factory...

Top Billed Cast

Joe Smith

Marvin Pitsik / Cigarface Pitsik

Charles Dale

Jacob Wolf / Lone Jake Wolf

Millard Mitchell

Secretary (uncredited)

James C. Morton

Henchman (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

Bartender (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Doorman (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prohibition era

vaudeville

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