Mort Blumenstock

An amorous secretary ignores her importunate co-worker and daydreams (in song) about her boss when she should be working on letters. (imdb)

Jack Benny, his finances at a low ebb, watches a newsstand for a friend and picks up a young lady customer, equally broke. (imdb)

Playing the defendant in an expressionistic fantasy version of a courtroom, Ethel Merman pleads her case (singing "My Future Just Passed") and promises to stay out of trouble from now on ("Sing, You Sinners"). (imdb)

A small-town girl goes to the big city and end up forced into prostitution.

Ethel Merman who was one of the biggest stars Broadway ever knew never quite made it in films. Only two of her Broadway roles were done by her on film Anything Goes and Call Me Madam. This short, The Devil Sea was apparently made by her at Paramount's Astoria studio while she was on Broadway with Girl Crazy. That was her breakout show and the one where she introduced I've Got Rhythm. (imdb)

Eddie Cantor tries to fix a speeding ticket. (imdb)

A session with the insurance doctor turns into a comedy routine.

Vaudeville comic Lulu McConnell appears in this early talkie as a loud-mouthed mother who is invited to meet her daughter's in-law-to-be, a society matron, who is taken aback as Lulu gets louder, chattier, and drunker as the afternoon progresses.

A carnival barker convinces a rube to take part in the baseball pitching game.