Editing James Parrott (section)

===Later years===
During the 1930s Parrott had acquired serious [[Alcoholism|drinking]] and [[Substance abuse|drug problems]] (his [[Dietary supplement|diet medications]] were actually addictive [[amphetamine]]s) and although still able to direct quality shorts, he had developed a reputation as unreliable. By the mid-1930s his work was spotty: [[Stan Laurel]] used him sporadically to contribute [[Visual gag|gags]] to the Laurel and Hardy features, and he would direct an ''[[Our Gang]]'' short in 1934, plus several acceptable entries in [[Thelma Todd]]–[[Patsy Kelly]] series.