Three on a Limb

Three on a Limb

18 mins | Comedy | Jan. 3, 1936

Scoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner. Complicating his romantic longings is her policeman fiancé. When he tries to eliminate Elmer by giving him traffic tickets for every conceivable violation, the girl takes pity on the martyred Elmer and they drive off together. She informs him that she is also fending off another suitor, Oscar; and to make matters worse, her father is backing the cop while her mother promotes Oscar. Eventually all three men wind up competing for her hand at a chaotic wedding ceremony that ends with Elmer winning his beloved.

Three on a Limb

18 mins | Comedy | Jan. 3, 1936

Three on a Limb
Scoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner. Complicating his romantic longings is her policeman fiancé. When he tries to eliminate Elmer by giving him traffic tickets for every conceivable violation, the girl takes pity on the martyred Elmer and they drive off together. She informs him that she is also fending off another suitor, Oscar; and to make matters worse, her father is backing the cop while her mother promotes Oscar. Eventually all three men wind up competing for her hand at a chaotic wedding ceremony that ends with Elmer winning his beloved.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers
Original title Three on a Limb
Directors Charles Lamont
Writers Vernon Smith

Cast

Buster Keaton

as Elmer Brown

Lona Andre

as Molly

Harold Goodwin

as Homer the Cop

Grant Withers

as Oscar

Barbara Bedford

as Addie

John Ince

as Molly's father

Fern Emmett

as Molly's Mother

Phyllis Crane

as Molly's Friend the Car-Hop