by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
In this comedy, Jimmy Potts (Jimmy Durante) and Elmer J. Butts (Buster Keaton, Jr.) come up with a scheme to start up a beer brewery with the hope that Prohibition will soon be over. However, things don't work out exactly as they planned, and they end up in a mess of trouble.
characteristics
- Nothing Goes Right
- Prohibition
- Mob
- Mafia
- Scam
- Swindle
- Yakuza
- Taxidermy
- Taxidermist
- Gang
- Friend
- Commerce
- Business
- Brewery
- Bootleg