Beauty and the Bus

Patsy Kelly is the friend from hell. Everything she touches turns to ruin in this Hal Roach short. The girls win a car (what appears to be an extremely rare 1933 Chrysler roadster) in a raffle and things immediately go wrong, all thanks to Kelly. This had to be one of Roach's most expensive shorts for the year, given not only the trashing of a perfectly good $675 car, but there's also one of the largest multi-chain car accidents/traffic jams I've ever seen on film. Look for the late Tommy 'Butch' Bond in an early scene and Harold Lloyd veteran Tiny Sandford in one of his usual bruiser roles. Kelly was a mere 23 (born to act 35), the tragic Thelma Todd was about 28 here and looks pretty darn hot. This is one of the better Todd-Kelly shorts and a lot of fun. Who else but Roach would create a girl-girl comedy team? Strong 8/10.