Film

Why Pay Rent?

1935 · 22m · Comedy

IMDb

5.6

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.

Roscoe Ates

Elmer Whipple

Shemp Howard

Henry

Billie Leonard

Billie

Ethel Sykes

Betty Whipple

Roy Le May

Junior

Richard Wallace

Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

• Lloyd FrenchDirector
• Dolph SingerWriter

Release date

May 4, 1935

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

22m

Genres

Comedy