Absorbing Junior

Absorbing Junior

22 mins | May 8, 1936

Johnny's freeloading brother Henry will go to any length to bet on a tip at Belmont, including stealing from Junior's piggy bank. When Johnny's mother-in-law tells them to take Junior to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, and gives them $2 for the doctor, the game is afoot. The money goes to Henry's bookie, and the boys decide to pull Junior's tooth themselves... by tying a string onto the back bumper of a car. But a pet parrot spills the beans, and mother-in-law goes chasing after them with fire in her eye, and a fireplace poker under her coat.

Absorbing Junior

22 mins | May 8, 1936

Absorbing Junior
Johnny's freeloading brother Henry will go to any length to bet on a tip at Belmont, including stealing from Junior's piggy bank. When Johnny's mother-in-law tells them to take Junior to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, and gives them $2 for the doctor, the game is afoot. The money goes to Henry's bookie, and the boys decide to pull Junior's tooth themselves... by tying a string onto the back bumper of a car. But a pet parrot spills the beans, and mother-in-law goes chasing after them with fire in her eye, and a fireplace poker under her coat.
Producers
Original title Absorbing Junior
Directors Lloyd French
Writers

Cast

Shemp Howard

as Henry, the Husband

John Berkes

as Johnnie

Gertrude Mudge

as Johnnie's Mother-in-Law

Gerrie Worthing

as Johnnie's Wife

Ken Lundy

as Junior

Morton Havel

as Dr. Nova Kane's Assistant

Arthur Havel

as Dr. Nova Kane