Why Pay Rent?

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 22 min
  • Premiere: 1935. May 4.

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.

Discover

Roscoe Ates

Elmer Whipple

Ethel Sykes

Betty Whipple

Roy Le May

Junior

Richard Wallace

Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

Directing

Lloyd French

Director

Writing

Directing

Lloyd French

Director

Writing