Pitts and Todd

Assembled by Hal Roach as the female counterparts to Laurel and Hardy,[1] the duo's members changed over the years and included actresses Patsy Kelly, Pert Kelton and Lyda Roberti.

[4][5] These popular pre-code shorts featured frequent female physical comedy, human limb twister piles, and mugging from Pitts and Todd, with the latter often "accidentally" losing her clothing.

[6] In mid-1933, Pitts left the Hal Roach studios and Patsy Kelly was hired as Todd's new partner.

The women echo Laurel and Hardy in one sequence when sharing a bed with a baby and a leaking hot-water bottle.

Many were directed by Gus Meins and featured Billy Gilbert as the exasperated heavy or comic foil.