Why Girls Say No is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, starring Marjorie Daw and Max Davidson, and featuring Oliver Hardy in a supporting role.

He tries to follow her home but is temporarily sidelined by a policeman who winds up falling into a pit of water.

As he escorts the captured thief, the policeman again falls into the pit of water; the scene fades as he throws down his badge.

Eyeing a bicycle pump, he uses it to return the cake to its air-filled state, and sneaks it back into the oven without Mama seeing.

After a humorous pursuit down the streets of Los Angeles, Papa finally catches up as Becky and the boy enter his house.