Maids a la Mode (1933) Thelma Todd | Zasu Pitts | Pre-Code Comedy Short

Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.

[@wendybutler1681]

We are so lucky to live in an age where at the touch of a few buttons the history of cinema is ours to behold. I, for one, am very grateful. I visit IMDb to feed my curiosity about the cast and trivia on almost every film I watch.

[@user-xy2bc9ms2c]

Always a treat to watch! I can never get too much of those two. :^) Great humor!

[@movieedge7370]

Fantastic short with Billy Gilbert was a totally underrated comedian. This gag with the clothes ripping and then sewing behind the curtain at three stooges reused in one of their shorts 😂

[@flyingtigerline]

I never encountered these ladies before, but boy are they good !!!

[@jamesmentzer]

@@flyingtigerline Thelma Todd ..Marx brothers zazu Pitts w.c. fields and the Gail storm show

[@Mark-Singleton]

Thelma Todd’s greatest claim to fame was starring along side the irrepressible Laurel & Hardy.

[@marcse7en]

Zasu is my favourite.

[@Mark-Singleton]

@@marcse7en 😬

[@marcse7en]

@@Mark-Singleton What does the emoji mean?

[@-oiiio-3993]

This is supreme! Todd and Pitts at their best. The (Thomas) Marvin Hatley music scores of Hal Roach comedies of the period are wonderful.

[@jamesmentzer]

Love that music grew up with it my whole life

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@jamesmentzer I erred somewhat. The Hal Roach films were primarily scored by Leroy Shield, as well as by Marvin Hartley. The _Beau Hunks_ have reprised the scores since 1992.

[@RealBigBadJohn]

Thelma Todd was talented and gorgeous. In the words of Neil Diamond, "Done Too Soon."

[@63mckenzie]

Mixed with the wrong people.

[@jamesmentzer]

​@@63mckenzieleft us to soon Groucho was in love with her

[@63mckenzie]

@@jamesmentzer Easy to see why.

[@jmccracken1963]

Whacked by the Outfit. They wanted to turn the roadhouse which she owned into a gambling "clip joint."

[@marcse7en]

Zasu is my favourite. She died in 1963, three weeks before my first birthday. I'm 62 now.

[@63mckenzie]

1930s were a golden age for comediennes

[@antoinettegreen5344]

Notice that the music is the same from The Little Rascals! Good comedy short!!

[@jamesmentzer]

Love it

[@Mark-Singleton]

The dog 😀It’s laughing gravy

[@xrashtiks]

Thank you so much for posting these, can't wait to see Red Noses!

[@TheSprocketVault]

Coming up!

[@melissavidic2895]

I’ve never seen this before, it’s funny. Thanks for posting, sad about her passing so young.

[@cyclenut]

With the Great Depression raging and the whisper of war, these comedies must have been loved.

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

🥰Thank you 👍Funny and nice to watch .😃

[@TheSprocketVault]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

Mrs. Von Astorhorse- very clever pun! Seeing her peruse the dresses and lingerie well, it reminds me of the saying, " Fifty pounds of mud in a five pound bag." And Mr. Von Shmaltz, if my Yiddish is correct, translates as Mr. Aristocratic Chicken Fat...

[@waynemcdonald4448]

I grew up watching these movies in the 70s. Saturday morning usually meant The Three Stooges but my favorites were Thelma & ZaSu. Enjoyed how they played themselves like the best comedians did. I saw several movies starring ZaSu where they gave her a character name & it just fealt wrong.

[@garryferrington811]

Wish the sound was slightly clearer.

[@marcse7en]

The film is 91 years old. You're lucky it has sound at all!

[@jamesmentzer]

Billy gilbert shemp howard were a team also

[@Jimfromearthoo7]

🩷Zasu especially.

[@garryferrington811]

@@Jimfromearthoo7 Zasu

[@garryferrington811]

Zasu

[@Jimfromearthoo7]

@@garryferrington811 Ty half asleep. Of course Shingles in eye don’t help.

[@stevefrasier8269]

Lavern & Shirley copied this comic femme duo.