Too Many Highballs (1933)

Harold Hobbs doesnt much like that his lazy sponging and unemployed brotherinlaw Claude and his motherinlaw live with him and his wife Hortense especially as the inlaws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in To get his inlaws out of the house Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed he assumes there probably were no prospective employers leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil Complications ensue when Joe Harolds friend encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight What Joe doesnt tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brotherinlaw