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What Price Pants

What Price Pants

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Comedy

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The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its illegal shenanigans. Charlie Dale is the greedy owner of a sweatshop pants factory, and Joe Smith is his underpaid cutter. A letter arrives for Smith, informing him that he's about to receive an unexpected inheritance. Dale intercepts the letter, and offers Smith a partnership in the pants factory...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

18 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

21 August 1931

Country

United States of America

Cast

Joe Smith

Joe Smith

Marvin Pitsik / Cigarface Pitsik

Charles Dale

Charles Dale

Jacob Wolf / Lone Jake Wolf

Millard Mitchell

Millard Mitchell

Secretary (uncredited)

James C. Morton

James C. Morton

Henchman (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Bartender (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Doorman (uncredited)

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