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From Soup to Nuts

  • 19281928
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, and Stan Laurel in From Soup to Nuts (1928)
  • Comedy
  • Short
Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Edgar Kennedy
    • Leo McCarey(supervising director)
  • Writers
    • H.M. Walker(titles)
    • Leo McCarey(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Tiny Sandford(uncredited)
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Edgar Kennedy
    • Leo McCarey(supervising director)
  • Writers
    • H.M. Walker(titles)
    • Leo McCarey(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Tiny Sandford(uncredited)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, and Stan Laurel in From Soup to Nuts (1928)
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    Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, and Stan Laurel in From Soup to Nuts (1928)
    Stan Laurel in From Soup to Nuts (1928)
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    Anita Garvin in From Soup to Nuts (1928)
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    Stan Laurel in From Soup to Nuts (1928)
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    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    • Mr. Laurelas Mr. Laurel
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Mr. Hardyas Mr. Hardy
    Tiny Sandford
    Tiny Sandford
    • Mr. Culpepperas Mr. Culpepper
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Coburn
    Dorothy Coburn
    • Dinner Guestas Dinner Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Buddy the Dog
    • Dogas Dog
    • (uncredited)
    Otto Fries
    • Chefas Chef
    • (uncredited)
    Anita Garvin
    Anita Garvin
    • Mrs. Culpepperas Mrs. Culpepper
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Lufkin
    Sam Lufkin
    • Dinner Guestas Dinner Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Edna Marion
    Edna Marion
    • Maidas Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Morgan
    Gene Morgan
    • Dinner Guestas Dinner Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Ellinor Vanderveer
    Ellinor Vanderveer
    • Dinner Guestas Dinner Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Edgar Kennedy
      • Leo McCarey(supervising director)
    • Writers
      • H.M. Walker(titles)
      • Leo McCarey(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This entire movie was re-worked into a smaller timescale eleven years later in the first part of A Chump at Oxford (1939), with Stan & Ollie posing as maid & butler. Also, Anita Garvin re-prised her role in that movie as the host, and adopted the name "Mrs. Vandervere" as her character name. This is the real-life name of one of the party guests seen in THIS movie.
    • Connections
      Edited into Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)

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    From Soup to Nuts
    As others have commented, this isn't one of the boys best, but it is probably on a par (if not better) than anything they had done individually up to that point in their careers. The set-up is simple: Stan and Ollie are a pair of hapless (what else?) waiters employed to serve food at a swank dinner party. Of course chaos ensues as Ollie repeatedly falls head first into a gigantic cake after slipping on a banana skin, and Stan takes the instruction to serve the salad without dressing literally. Some of the gags are a little repetitive, but there's enough quality here to see why Hal Roach decided to keep the boys together. The film was pretty much remade (together with elements from Another Fine Mess) to provide an extended prologue to the European version of 1939's A Chump at Oxford.
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    • Jun 4, 2009

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    • Release date
      • March 24, 1928 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Let George Do It
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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