The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools is a short comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium. When the film was shown in theaters in 1931, a person would appear after the film to ask the audience for donations. Because the film was made for charity, it has an unusually large cast of actors from different studios, such as Warner Brothers, RKO Radio Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, and... Hal Roach Studios. This film was known by the name The Slippery Pearls in the United Kingdom, and was thought to be a lost film until a print was found in the UK in the 1990s. Another print was later found in the US under the alternate title. At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball" Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
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