Red Noses (1932)
Directed by James W. Horne
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
In this typically silly Thelma Todd-ZaSu Pitts comedy two-reeler, the girls go to a Turkish bath in order to rid themselves of a nasty cold. If nothing else, Red Noses proved a showcase for the Amazonian Blanche Payson, a popular Hal Roach Studios comedienne built like a female linebacker. Payson, whose screen career went from Laurel and Hardy to the Three Stooges, was reportedly a former guard at a women's penitentiary. In addition to Blanche Payson, Red Noses also featured the dignified Wilfred Lucas and rotund dialectician Billy Gilbert.