Why Pay Rent?
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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.
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Roscoe Ates
Elmer Whipple
Known for
Freaks
Alice in Wonderland
Shemp Howard
Henry
Known for
The Bank Dick
Africa Screams
Lloyd French
Dolph Singer
Billie Leonard
Billie
Also in
Paree, Paree
Soft Drinks and Sweet Music
Jack Henley
Ethel Sykes
Betty Whipple
Also in
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Uppercutlets
Roy Le May
Junior
Also in
A Put Up Job
Richard Wallace
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Also in
Hearts of Humanity
Divorce In The Family
Lloyd French Director · Dolph Singer Writer
United States release May 4, 1935 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros.
Production
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
Warner Bros.
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · May 4, 1935
Theatrical
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