Getting a Raise (1930)

First in a series of shorts based on J. P. McEvoy's Tuttle Family characters. Pa Tuttle (Lucien Littlefield), with three kids to feed, strives to talk his skin-flint boss, (Dell Henderson), of a raise. Boss has an attitude that faithful employees should be happy just to be working for him.

Released Feb. 17, 1930 12 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short

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