Wandering Papas (1926)

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Director:

Stan Laurel

Writers:

Edward Dillon (writer)
Carl Harbaugh (writer)

Release Date:

21 February 1926 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

A Chef goes to collect food for the bridge workers' dinner.

Plot Keywords:

Cook | Cake | Bridge Constructor | Collecting Food | Sunflower Seed

Cast

Clyde Cook	...	The camp cook
Oliver Hardy	...	The foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Sally O'Neil	...	Susie, the hermit's daughter (as Sue O'Neill)
Tyler Brooke	...	Onion, a bridge engineer
Adolph Milar	...	The hermit (as Adolph Millar)

Also Known As:

Enough to Do (UK) (short version)

Runtime:

20 min | UK:8 min (short version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | UK:U

Company:

Hal Roach Studios

Stan Laurel the Director

This film serves as a showcase for Stan Laurel's work as a director. Like Chaplin's direction of 'A Woman of Paris', Laurel didn't appear in 'Wandering Papas', but directed Oliver Hardy instead. It demonstrates his versatility as an actor, writer and director of not just his own work.

We know that Chaplin was good at directing his own work rather than other people's work, but whether or not Laurel was the same is irrelevant to this discussion.