Feeling Black Friday fatigue? Here’s a delightful Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts comedy teaming, The Bargain of the Century (1933), that pokes fun at battling for bargains for you! The duo’s slapstick antics bring humor to scenes best experienced secondhand. In their quest for a good deal, the women give and get bruises in a rough shopping crowd. Each lady does so in her own inherently idiosyncratic style. Thelma’s character is a scrapper, not afraid to get into the mêlée, and ZaSu’s character eventually gets a grabbing with her formerly timid, fluttering hands. Their shopping excursion ends up costing them more than they saved when they accidentally get a policeman (James P. Burtis) fired, whom they have to house and feed until they find him a new job. Of course, that task turns out not to be so easy! Watch the videos below to see how it all plays out.
ClassicBecky
I LOVE these shorts with Thelma and Zasu! Makes me wish I could have been the 3rd Musketeer with these fun girls!
msbethg
So glad you enjoyed Thelma and ZaSu’s antics, Becky! Being the third musketeer with them would have been fun. They had great senses of humor and were loyal to their friends. I wish someone would release a boxed set of the Todd/Pitts/Kelly Roach shorts!