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21 April 1939 (USA) morePlot:
A southern country doctor is called on by a visiting circus man to cure his sick elephant. After the doctor heals the grateful beast... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Unique one time partnership moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Oliver Hardy | ... | Dr. Henry Tibbett | |
| Harry Langdon | ... | Professor McCrackle | |
| Billie Burke | ... | Mrs. Bessie Tibbett | |
| Alice Brady | ... | Mrs. Emily Carter | |
| James Ellison | ... | Jeff Carter | |
| Jean Parker | ... | Mary Tibbett | |
| June Lang | ... | Virginia Reynolds | |
| Olin Howland | ... | Attorney Culpepper | |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... | Judge | |
| Stepin Fetchit | ... | Zero (as Step'n Fetchit) | |
| Hattie McDaniel | ... | Dehlia (as Hattie McDaniels) | |
| Philip Hurlic | ... | Zeke (as Phillip Hurlic) | |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | Mr. Dover | |
| Clem Bevans | ... | Sheriff | |
| Tommy Mack | ... | Mr. Miller - the Butcher |
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Also Known As:
Elephants Never Forget (UK)It's Spring Again (USA) (working title)
This Time It's Love (USA) (working title)
We the People (USA) (working title)
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73 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5022) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:BtlFun Stuff
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This film was originally developed as a Laurel and Hardy vehicle, but was re-scripted after Stan Laurel had a falling out with Hal Roach and left the studio for quite some time in 1938-1939. moreSoundtrack:
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For those looking for the magic of Laurel and Hardy, "Zenobia" offers an alternative that occurred because of Laurel's contract negotiations. Made the same year as "Gone With The Wind", Zenobia takes place in a time before the Civil War, where a small Southern plantation town at peace, is disrupted when the excitable traveling promoter (Harry Langdon), seeks aid for his ailing partner. A beloved country doctor (Oliver Hardy) is surprised and resists, but is coerced into treating a fully grown elephant for a terrible condition. Proving that a good deed never goes unpunished for Hardy, the patient, attempting to say 'thanks', relentlessly follows the good doctor and there is no place to hide, not even a formal social gathering. With the town in an uproar and his wife (Billie Burke) embarrassed at the spectacle, Dr Tibbetts is the focus of laughter, ridicule and a lawsuit. Twelve year old Philip Hurlic turns in a memorable performance that needs to be seen in the context of today.
Langdon is little known by most and seems very much like Buster Keaton, but just a bit more shy. Although, Langdon is not as appreciated for his works as Stan and Ollie, his touching performance in "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!" when he meets Joan Crawford, the girl of his dreams, face to face for the first time is something to behold. If you can look past Laurel's absence in this rare partnership, Zenobia will have you laughing at a moment in time when fate put two funny men and an elephant on a collision course. On such paths they prove there is just no dignified way to get around a loving elephant.