The Lady and the Lug

Mar 22, 1941

0h 19m

★ 0.0

Overview

In this comedic short, a reporter wins a boxer's contract and decides to stage an exhibition fight for a society ladies' Milk Fund benefit bazaar.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

The Lady and the Lug Trailers

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Cast

Elsa Maxwell

Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom

Doug Abbott

George Reeves

Mrs. Peyton

Georgia Caine

Butler (uncredited)

Romaine Callender

One-Punch McGurk (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

Referee (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)

Maybelle Palmer

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