This mildly amusing two-reel comedy was released only a month before Thelma Todd's mysterious death. Todd and Patsy Kelly are sharing an apartment but neither of them can come up with the rent and the fed-up landlord tells them to pay up or get out. In desperation, the superstitious Patsy picks up a lamp and rubs it, Aladdin fashion, and wishes for 50,000 dollars. Within seconds, a crook barges into the apartment, tosses the girls a money bag containing 50,000 dollars and says he will be back for it. Patsy immediately snatches up the lamp and wishes that he will never come back. Another crook shows up and shoots the first one dead. As the panicked girls listen through their front door, Patsy swears, "I was only hopin' he'd forget the address!" The cops arrive and force everyone to stay in the building. They keep their eyes on Thelma and Patsy, who they deem particularly suspicious. The killer turns off the lights in the lobby and sneaks the dead body into Thelma and Patsy's apartment. The girls find it there, as do the cops a few moments later. The killer manages to change places with the dead body temporarily but Patsy knocks him out, saving the day. Not one of the Todd/Kelly team's best efforts, unfortunately. This comic short shouldn't be confused with the 1936 picture of the same name.
by Janiss Garza
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