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.

[wendybutler]

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.

[RussellBauwens]

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

[flyingtigerline]

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

[-oiiio-]

This is supreme!

Todd and Pitts at their best.

The (Thomas) Marvin Hatley music scores of Hal Roach comedies of the period are wonderful.

[movieedge]

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 😂

[RealBigBadJohn]

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

[mckenzie]

1930s were a golden age for comediennes

[marcseen]

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

[melissavidic]

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.

[antoinettegreen]

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

[xrashtiks]

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

[jeraldbaxter]

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...

[RetiredSchoolCook]

🥰Thank you 👍Funny and nice to watch .😃

[waynemcdonald]

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.

[jamesmentzer]

Billy gilbert shemp howard were a team also

[stevefrasier]

Lavern & Shirley copied this comic femme duo.