Three on a Limb
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Scoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner. Complicating his romantic longings is her policeman fiancé. When he tries to eliminate Elmer by giving him traffic tickets for every conceivable violation, the girl takes pity on the martyred Elmer and they drive off together. She informs him that she is also fending off another suitor, Oscar; and to make matters worse, her father is backing the cop while her mother promotes Oscar. Eventually all three men wind up competing for her hand at a chaotic wedding ceremony that ends with Elmer winning his beloved.
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Cast
8 people
Buster Keaton
Elmer Brown
Known for
The General
Sherlock Jr.
Lona Andre
Molly
Known for
Our Relations
Harold Goodwin
Homer the Cop
Known for
The Cameraman
All Quiet on the Western Front
Grant Withers
Oscar
Known for
Rio Grande
My Darling Clementine
Barbara Bedford
Addie
Also in
The Last of the Mohicans
Tumbleweeds
John Ince
Molly's father
Also in
A Scream in the Night
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
Fern Emmett
Molly's Mother
Known for
The Shepherd of the Hills
Phyllis Crane
Molly's Friend the Car-Hop
Also in
Three Little Pigskins
Ten Cents a Dance
Charles Lamont Director · Vernon Smith Story Gus Peterson Cinematographer
United States release January 3, 1936 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
Production
Educational Pictures
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 3, 1936
Theatrical
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