Secret Philadelphia (A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure)
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Released May 04, 1935
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Vitaphone
21.9 min. (Short Subject)
21.9 min. (Short Subject)
Elmer (Roscoe Ates) fixes up a room for his just-married, freeloading brother-in-law and wife. When the newlyweds show up, Henry (Shemp Howard) brings a surprise in the form of stepson Junior. The apartment is now too small, so Henry decides that they'll buy a lot and build a do-it-yourself home, a disaster in the making when Junior switches the house's part numbers. It doesn't help matters that Elmer, Henry and the wives are all incompetent.
Some of the construction sight gags, including the final scene, were redone two years later by Moe, Larry and Curly in THE SITTER-DOWNERS.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.75/10]
[6.75/10]
Shemp Howard
Henry
Roscoe Ates
Elmer
Billie Leonard
Baby, Henry's wife
Ethel Sykes
Betty, Elmer's wife
Roy LeMay
Junior
Dickie Wallace
Telegram messenger
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