The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
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Dry-goods store owner Tillie Prescott (ZaSu Pitts) has promised to marry meek barber Chris Peterson (El Brendel), but he won't marry her until his business has grown successful enough to allow him to get a second chair in his barber shop -- and it's been 10 years, and he's not any closer… More Dry-goods store owner Tillie Prescott (ZaSu Pitts) has promised to marry meek barber Chris Peterson (El Brendel), but he won't marry her until his business has grown successful enough to allow him to get a second chair in his barber shop -- and it's been 10 years, and he's not any closer to getting that second chair. Then, one day, an acting troupe gets stranded in town, and out-of-work showgirl Lulu White (Pert Kelton) sets herself up in Chris's barber shop doing manicures. Lulu knows a lot of the angles, including how to get men to do what she wants most of the time, and suddenly every male in town is eager to get his nails manicured (and hang around for a shave and haircut) just to get near Lulu. Chris's second chair seems like a real possibility, but Tillie gets jealous of Lulu, and is tricked by a smooth-talking salesman (Skeets Gallagher) into signing with a big retail chain that forces her out of the store she founded. Meanwhile, local wise-guy Duke Slater (James Gleason) gets led on by Lulu and decides he's going to set right what's happened to Tillie, and teach Lulu a lesson in the bargain. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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Cast
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Zasu Pitts
as Tillie Prescott
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James Gleason
as Duke Slater
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El Brendel
as Chris Peterson
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Pert Kelton
as Lulu White
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John Carradine
as Circus Performer
- Wallis Clark
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Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
as Jack Hayden
- Bud Geary
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Harry Holman
as Banquet Speaker
- Arthur Hoyt
- Bob McKenzie
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Edward McWade
as Store Clerk
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Morgan Wallace
as Sydney Sterling
- Barney Furey
