What Price Pants

What Price Pants

Comedy | Aug. 21, 1931

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...

What Price Pants

Comedy | Aug. 21, 1931

What Price Pants
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...
Producers Paramount
Original title What Price Pants
Directors Casey Robinson
Writers

Cast

Joe Smith

as Marvin Pitsik / Cigarface Pitsik

Charles Dale

as Jacob Wolf / Lone Jake Wolf

Millard Mitchell

as Secretary (uncredited)

James C. Morton

as Henchman (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

as Bartender (uncredited)

Tammany Young

as Doorman (uncredited)