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THE BARGAIN OF THE CENTURY |
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Hal Roach Studios, 1933. Directed by
Charley Chase. Camera: Art Lloyd. With ZaSu Pitts,
Thelma Todd,
Billy Gilbert,
James P. Burtis, Frank Alexander, Harry Bernard, Fay Holderness, May
Wallace. |
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Directed by Hal Roach Studio comic
Charley Chase, this two-reeler is considered by many to be the best
of the 16 Thelma Todd-ZaSu Pitts comedies. Having caused police
officer James Burtis to lose his job, the girls invite him to stay in
their apartment. They hope to reinstate their friend in the police
force by buttering up a police captain (Billy
Gilbert) who, unbeknownst to them, is really the notorious smuggler
Herr Schmaltz. The farce hits bull's-eye in a scene where the
girls and Burtis attempt to force-feed ice cream to Schmaltz. In
his best German accent, dialectician Gilbert politely refuses with a
heartfelt "Zank you, but I don't vant anymore ice crrream."
Moments later, the poor man is pleading for his life, "Vith tears in my
eyes, I beg you...NO MORE ICE CREAM!" |
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