Of the 4 film shorts of the "Blondes and Redheads" series I've seen thus far, this is clearly the funniest, if not always the most coherent. ..........It begins with June(the supposed redhead), Carol(the Betty Boop-voiced petite ditzy blonde), Dot Farley, as June's mother, and patrolman Gus(Matt McHugh), as a husband hopeful for June, are having a meal. Gus is telling some stories which he and Dot thinks are funny, but June and Carol stick up their noses at. Gus is mother Dot's favorite husband material for June, but June is not impressed, she only having eyes for handsome Charlie(George Lewis), who soon arrives with his friend Grady, who happens to be Carol's boyfriend. Charlie and Grady arrange to go to a movie with June and Carol at the Border Palace Theater(very close to the Mexican border). Gus says ''Let them go, this will be the last time Charlie will go out with June"............ Unfortunately, on the way, a cop catches Charlie speeding, and takes them to police headquarters. The police chief says Charlie will have to spend some time in jail, with a $50. Bail, which the group doesn't have. Grady tells Carol to try to talk the chief out of it. She tells him that Charlie and June are running away from June's mother, who wants to make June marry a dull policeman. The chief takes exception to the description of the policeman as being dull, and sentences Carol to jail for insulting the law........... Earlier, the 4 had seen a poster offering a $100. Reward to a couple to get married before the audience in the Border theater. June suggests that she marry Grady in the theater to win the $100. So that they can get Charlie out of jail, then they can get a quick divorce or annulment just across the border, in Mexico, so that June can marry Charlie. They are married, and when they exit from the theater, they are surprised to be met by Charlie and Carol with a policeman, who offers to exchange Charlie for Grady so that Charlie and June can get married. But, Grady kicks the cop in the rear, and points to Charlie as the culprit. The angry cop withdraws his offer and takes Charlie and Carol back toward the jail. ............June and Grady go to the Mexican divorce hotel, where the manager(Harry Semels) tells them that they first have to rent a room to establish residence, and that he will call a judge and send him to their room. They feel rather awkward in their room, as a supposed couple. For some reason, they go into the next room. Meanwhile, Charlie and Carol sneak into their room, hiding from the cop. The judge(Sam Appel) arrives and assumes they are the couple he is to divorce. When he discovers that they aren't married, he tells them to leave. On their way out, they meet Charlie and Carol. Charlie says now he and June can get married. The 4 return to the room where the confused judge still is. Charlie tells the judge that he and June want him to marry them. But Grady hits Charlie on the head, flooring him, and tells the judge that he and June want a divorce. To make a longer story short, the 4 keep the judge confused as to who he's supposed to divorce and who to marry, while the 4 do some bad things to each other. To add to the confusion, June's mother arrives with Gus. She chases June around, trying to get the judge to marry her to Gus...........Finally, the judge officially divorces Grady and June. The 4 plus the judge pile into a car, and while it takes off, the judge is having Charlie and June say their wedding vows. Poor Gus gets on his motorcycle to chase them, but soon his cycle sinks in a deep mudpuddle, to end the film. ..........See it for free at You Tube!
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