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Writers:
Hal Roach (writer)
H.M. Walker (titles)
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Release Date:
26 December 1926 (USA) more
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Plot:
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Glenn Tryon ... Orville
Charlotte Mineau ... Mother
Rube Clifford ... Father
Molly O'Day ... Sister (as Sue O'Neil)

Theda Bara ... Herself
Mickey Daniels ... Himself
Scooter Lowry ... Himself
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins ... Himself
Jackie Condon ... Himself
Jay R. Smith ... Himself
Johnny Downs ... Himself
Joe Cobb ... Himself

Oliver Hardy ... Hotel Detective
Edna Murphy ... Em, Hotel Detective's wife
Jerry Mandy ... Imbibing trashman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Forty-five Minutes from Hollywood (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
USA:21 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Mother: Guard the money, son - Lookout for confidence men and assistant directors. more
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Flimsy stuff, frantic but unfunny, 12 March 2005
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Author: Libretio

"45 Minutes from Hollywood"

Aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Sound format: Silent

(Black and white - Short film)

A naive country boy (Glenn Tryon) arrives in Hollywood and gets mixed up in robbery and chaos at a posh hotel.

The first pairing of Laurel and Hardy in a Hal Roach comedy short, though neither of them appears in the same scene (Stan's footage has faded badly over the years). Top-billed Tryon does his best with the flimsy scenario, which substitutes frantic farce for genuine wit, as Our Hero is mistaken for a robber dressed in drag (yep, it's THAT kinda movie!) and chased hither and yon by house detective Ollie. The comedy is fast-paced and beautifully timed though not especially memorable, and the film survives as little more than a record of L&H's earliest pairing. Theda Bara and the Hal Roach Bathing Beauties make brief cameo appearances. Directed by Fred Guiol.

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