Caught Short

Caught Short (1930)

Comedy

Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.

Director: Charles Reisner

Casts

	Marie Dressler as Marie Jones
	Polly Moran as Polly Smith
	Anita Page as Genevieve Jones
	Charles Morton as William Smith
	Thomas Conlin as Frankie
	Douglas Haig as Johnny
	Nanci Price as Priscilla
	Greta Mann as Sophy

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