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6.1/10   145 votes
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H.M. Walker (titles)
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Release Date:
15 October 1927 (USA) more
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Mishaps befall a new home owner (Davidson) located next door to an insane asylum. full summary | add synopsis
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Two L&H shorts more (8 total)

Cast

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Stan Laurel ... Asylum inmate

Oliver Hardy ... Asylum inmate
James Finlayson ... Asylum inmate
Charley Chase ... Asylum inmate
Max Davidson ... Papa Gimplewart
Lillian Elliott ... Mama Gimplewart
Spec O'Donnell ... Love's Greatest Mistake
Leo Willis ... Guest
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Frank Brownlee ... Prospective house buyer
Edgar Dearing ... Guest
Otto Fries ... Bit part
Charlie Hall ... Asylum inmate
Fay Holderness ... Guest
Charles Meakin ... House buyer
Lyle Tayo ... Guest
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USA:17 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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This film was made just days after Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy had finished filming The Second 100 Years (1927), in which they play shaven-headed convicts. Thus, the reason for the boys' buzz-cut hairdos in this film. more
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Referenced in Myra Breckinridge (1970) more

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Two L&H shorts, 13 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Call of the Cuckoo (1927)

** (out of 4)

A man (Max Davidson) swaps houses, sight unseen, due to his wacko neighbors. When he moves into the new house it turns out the thing is falling apart in every way possible. The only real highlight is the few scenes with the neighbors who are played by Laurel, Hardy and Charley Chase.

Second Hundred Years, The (1927)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Laurel and Hardy play convicts who make an escape but they find themselves in a more dangerous place than prison. There's small laughs scattered throughout this short but in the end the only real highlight is seeing boys with shaved heads.

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