The film is set in Mexico. General Pancho is some sort of despot...sort of a Pancho Villa-type. When he arrives in town, some folks are scared...but a local vixen is excited as she thinks violent thugs are hot. Soon after Pancho arrives and shoots a man in the butt for no apparent reason, two singers/dancers, Dolittle and Rosebud, arrive. Rosebud is a hot woman...and General Pancho spends the rest of the time trying to woo her as Dolittle woos the vixen.
The stereotype in old movies and TV shows is that the man hates his mother-in-law. Well, in "Loose Relations" it doesn't follow this convention, as Andy Clyde is actually happy that his mother-in-law is coming to stay with them and he plans on fixing up a place for her to stay. In a funny scene, when he tells his neighbors, they offer his an axe and a gun!
Druggist George Haggerty's wife is about to give birth. Because all his customers pay on credit, he has no money, and the phone company is taking out the pay phone. Pal Bert Lahr agrees to get the news on his phone, and forward it to Haggerty. To top it off, Haggerty is getting a business loan, and doesn't want anyone to know about it, so Lahr agrees to not mention it when anyone is about. Naturally, Lahr's fiancee shows up when Lahr gets the call, and thinks it's his child.
A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.
Mary Lou is excited because today is her older brother Sonny's birthday. Sonny wants a motorcycle, but his father has decided to buy him a dog instead, mainly because he himself wants to have a dog that he can take hunting. After a dispute with his father, Sonny leaves home. As he walks along a railroad track, he finds a frightened lost dog, and soon he begins to feel differently about dogs.
Newlywed Harry Gribbon brings his wife home to meet his country family which includes their perspective choice for a daughter-in-law.
A hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.
Tom Howard has married a widow. She keeps comparing him to her first husband, to Howard's cost. To make himself seem nobler, he has pal George Shelton burgle the place. However, another burglar is also trying to break in, to general confusion.
Moran and Mack decide to attend the races and end up winning a large sum on a horse named Mud Lark. They decide that to make even more money, they need a horse of their own. They buy a horse with a broken leg from a crooked gambler, but manage to con the gambler into buying back his own horse.
Daisy is visiting her sailor boyfriend Glenn aboard a submarine when it leaves port. Fearful of what may happen if an officer discovers a woman on board, she is hidden in a big chest.
To celebrate Father and Son Week, Andy takes his son roller skating.
Sylvia Froos is working as a singing song-plugger and is about to get fired because no sales result after she has sung a song. But another singer, who has been trying to get her to team up with him, intercedes and starts vocalizing a duet with her. A crowd gathers, sales result, and there is a happy singing finale number.
Men are relaxing in the bunkhouse, when in walks James Melton, who sings some old songs. After he goes through "Red River Valley", "Home on the Range", "The Big Corral", and "The Old Chisholm Trail" -- while the screen shows cowboys wrangling cattle -- he leaves, despite offers to stay the night and give him breakfast.
Pete and Repeat is a 1931 Comedy short.
Mother's Holiday is a 1932 Comedy
One Quiet Night is a 1931 Comedy short.
Pat wants to marry Nancy, but her mother refuses. Pat gets Herman to pose as Nancy's new suitor, expecting that he will be refused in favor of Pat. But mother tricks them by welcoming Herman into the family, and Pat has to do some quick thinking to get Herman off the hook.
When Tim Ryan's leading lady walks out in a small hillbilly town, the leading lady he selects -- at gunpoint -- is dumb bell Irene Ryan.
Pals Herman and Pat, with diamond rings in hand, are all set to make marriage proposals. Pat is bashful, however, so Herman broaches the subject to Pat's girl. The girl's parents think Herman is the suitor, and invite him to dinner. Meanwhile, Herman's own prospective in-laws are hosting a dinner, too, so Herman and Pat dash from one dining room to the other, trying to straighten things out.
Deep Sea fisherman is called to help land a big one.
