The Meanest Gal in Town
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Russell Mack
Zasu Pitts
Pert Kelton
El Brendel
James Gleason
"skeets" Gallagher
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After reading the advertising slogan, "Success is only gained by individual thinking," fumbling barber Chris Petersen, whose fiancée, Tillie Prescott, has been waiting ten years for him to earn enough money to buy a second barber's chair and marry her, decides to hire Lulu White, a provocative, stranded actress, as a manicurist. Although Lulu's seductive manner attracts a considerable male clientele for Chris, Tillie, who out of frustration has spent $600 to buy Chris the second chair, is furious with jealousy and breaks their engagement. At the same time, Tillie, the owner of a dry goods store, is approached by Jack Hayden, an aggressive, fast-talking salesman, about joining a store syndicate. Worn down and confused by Jack's pitch, Tillie ignores Chris's warnings and signs Jack's complex contract. The ever flirtatious Lulu, meanwhile, turns down the marriage proposal of Chris's friend and co-barber, Duke Slater, who wants to buy Chris's shop, and takes up with Jack. While driving with Jack one night, Lulu is surprised by a gunman, who shoots at a terrified Jack and takes her to a cabin hideout. When Jack finally runs to the nearest police station, he tells the police and the press that he was molested by a gang of machine-gun toting bandits. In the hideout, Lulu discovers that her kidnapper is Duke in disguise and, in her subsequent fury, threatens to turn him over to the authorities. After spanking Lulu, Duke slips away from the cabin just before Jack and a flotilla of policemen arrive on the scene. Later, Lulu, still angry with Duke, leaves town with the salesman. Chris, meanwhile, goes to New York City to see a lawyer about Tillie's syndicate, which has forced her out of her store. With money he earned from selling the barbershop to Duke, Chris has the terms of Tillie's contract altered and restores her business. Satisfied that Chris loves only her, Tillie agrees to marry him, while Lulu, disillusioned with the rakish Jack, returns to Duke and the barbershop.
Director
Russell Mack
Cast
Zasu Pitts
Pert Kelton
El Brendel
James Gleason
"skeets" Gallagher
Edward Mcwade
Harry Holman
Wallis Clark
Barney Furey
Bud Geary
Robert Mckenzie
Arthur Hoyt
Crew
Merian C. Cooper
George D. Ellis
Perry Ferguson
H. W. Hanemann
Arthur Horman
J. Roy Hunt
Ray Lissner
Russell Mack
Russell Mack
James B. Morley
Van Nest Polglase
Richard Schayer
Max Steiner
H. N. Swanson
Film Details
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The working title of this film was Dummy's Vote. An early August 1933 Film Daily news item announced that Julien Josephson was to write the screenplay for the production, but his contribution to the final film has not been confirmed. Modern sources add Morgan Wallace and John Carradine to the cast.
