Hal Roach Studios
Starring: Matthew ‘Stymie’ Beard, Norman ‘Chubby’ Chaney, Margaret Mann
Directed by: Robert McGowan
Synopsis: The gang tries to help when the elderly woman they call Grandma (Margaret Mann) is threatened with eviction by her heartless son.
Purr Blur: At the beginning of the short Grandma is reading to the children from a book of blood curdling western tales. At one point a gray cat runs across a shelf and knocks down a bunch of pots and pans, startling Grandma so much she flies over backwards in her chair.
Final Mewsings: Some people really flip over cats!
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