So This Is Harris

So This Is Harris is a 1933 American pre-Code short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It won an Oscar in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).^[1][2] The Academy Film Archive preserved So This Is Harris in 2012.^[3]

So This Is Harris
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Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Written by	Ben Holmes Mark Sandrich
Produced by	Lou Brock
Starring	Phil Harris Walter Catlett
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	John Lockert
Music by	Will Jason Val Burton
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	August 13, 1933 (1933-08-13)
Running time	28 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The film is a series of comical musical numbers and skits following Phil Harris around, starting with him performing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, which is listened to by Dorothy on the radio whose homebrewing husband Walter hates Harris. The action then moves to the country club where Walter unknowingly encounters Harris while being aggravated by his music. Walter then pretends to be Phil to meet a woman while Harris "entertains" her friend, Dorothy.

Cast

• Phil Harris as himself
• Walter Catlett as himself
• Helen Collins as Dorothy
• June Brewster as Lillian
• James Finlayson as Golf Pro