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Writer:
H.M. Walker (titles)
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Release Date:
20 April 1929 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy | Family more
Tagline:
The story of a man who turned the other cheek-and got punched in the nose.
Plot:
Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual destruction fights with a homeowner. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Laughing Gods more (25 total)

Cast

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Stan Laurel ... Stan

Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Finlayson ... Homeowner (uncredited)
Charlie Hall ... Neighbor (uncredited)
Retta Palmer ... Neighbor (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford ... Policeman (uncredited)
Lyle Tayo ... Woman (uncredited)
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Directed by
James W. Horne  (as J. Wesley Horne)
Leo McCarey (supervising)
 
Writing credits
H.M. Walker (titles)

Leo McCarey  uncredited

Produced by
Hal Roach .... producer
 
Cinematography by
George Stevens 
 
Film Editing by
Richard C. Currier  (as Richard Currier)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lloyd French .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ham Kinsey .... props (uncredited)
Tom Mintz .... property master (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Graham .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Jack Roach .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Leo McCarey .... supervising director (uncredited)
Dale Schrum .... car customizer (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
19 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Finland:S (1982) | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U
Filming Locations:
10281 Dunleer Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Hal Roach Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Stan Laurel contradicted Hal Roach's story about the crew demolishing the wrong house during filming. According to Stan, "... the chap who owned the house was employed at the studio and worked on the film with us." more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Dance of the Cookoos (1982) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Laughing Gods, 7 June 2005
Author: Rahul Joshi from India

Well I belong to a place which is slightly behind on technology. The first Laurel and Hardy film I got to see was in 1988, at a time I was already 16 years old. I remember having seen a quiz on them however, about a year before that in a well reputed magazine of those times in India called "Illustrated Weekly". And that was it.

Today in 2005, I would wish to introduce myself as "Know all" on the matter of the "Boys".

To me they are "GODS". They have the ability of pacifying my existentialist angst at the flick of a button. There 75 year old gags still yank my guts out every time I laugh and fall off the bed.

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