

Why Pay Rent?
1935 Directed by Lloyd FrenchElmer 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

Shemp Howard
....................................................Henry
Billie Leonard
....................................................Billie
Ethel Sykes
....................................................Betty Whipple
Roy Le May
....................................................Junior

Richard Wallace
....................................................Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Director
...........................................................Lloyd French
Writer
...........................................................Dolph Singer
Production Companies
...................................................The Vitaphone Corporation
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
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....................................................Genres
....................................................Comedy
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