Pat Harmon, an actor active in the early 1930s, appears in the comedy What! No Beer? (1933). This film captures the spirit of pre-Code Hollywood with its irreverent humor and playful take on societal norms. Harmon's role contributes to the film's exploration of comedic absurdity, making it a notable entry in the era's cinematic landscape. His work in this film reflects the charm and wit characteristic of early sound comedies, cementing his place in the annals of cult cinema.
What! No Beer?
Although he has never met her, Elmer Butts loves Hortense secretly and from afar. He dreams of making a million dollars so he can buy her a Rolls automobile and marry her. With prohibition apparently on the verge of ending, Elmer's friend Jimmy Potts gets an idea to make them both rich by opening a brewery just before the legalization of alcoholic beverages. Their timing is off, and the police raid them, but their inept brewing has created a beer with no alcohol, so they are let off. But it has also resulted in a cheaply made beer, and bootlegger Spike Moran realizes that he can vastly increase his profits by partnering with Elmer and Jimmy. But none of them reckons with the competitor, another bootlegger, gangster Butch Lorado. Butch has a girlfriend....Elmer's dream girl, Hortense.
