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We Faw Down

  • 19281928
  • PassedPassed
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1K
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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in We Faw Down (1928)
ComedyShort
Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1K
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    • Leo McCarey
    • H.M. Walker(titles)
    • Stan Laurel(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Vivien Oakland
    • Leo McCarey
    • H.M. Walker(titles)
    • Stan Laurel(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Vivien Oakland
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    • 17User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Vivien Oakland in We Faw Down (1928)
    Oliver Hardy and Vera White in We Faw Down (1928)
    Stan Laurel in We Faw Down (1928)
    Stan Laurel in We Faw Down (1928)
    Bess Flowers, Stan Laurel, and Vivien Oakland in We Faw Down (1928)
    Oliver Hardy in We Faw Down (1928)
    Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in We Faw Down (1928)
    Oliver Hardy and Vivien Oakland in We Faw Down (1928)
    Oliver Hardy, Bess Flowers, Stan Laurel, and Vivien Oakland in We Faw Down (1928)
    Vivien Oakland in We Faw Down (1928)
    Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in We Faw Down (1928)
    Bess Flowers and Vivien Oakland in We Faw Down (1928)

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    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    • Stan
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Ollie
    Vivien Oakland
    Vivien Oakland
    • Mrs. Hardy
    Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    • Mrs. Laurel
    Kay Deslys
    Kay Deslys
    • Kelly's girlfriend
    Vera White
    • Kay's friend
    Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    • Pedestrian
    • (uncredited)
    George Kotsonaros
    • One-Round Kelly
    • (uncredited)
      • Leo McCarey
      • H.M. Walker(titles)
      • Stan Laurel(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This short served as the basis for the final sequence of the feature "Blockheads" ten years later.
    • Goofs
      The Boys have told their wives that they're going to the Orpheum Theatre with their boss. The theatre burns down and newspapers are on the street within minutes ! The wives get a copy and the headline is in the middle of the top part of the paper under what appears to be a cartoon sketch. After the Boys return home Ollie is describing the acts they saw. Stan sees the paper with the headline in the same position but when he holds it up to show Ollie it's a banner headline across the top of the paper.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)

    User reviews17

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    7/10
    Amazingly familiar but funny
    This film features Laurel and Hardy in a very familiar plot. As is often the case, the boys go out to play and lie to the wives about it--with disastrous results. This type of situation was featured in several films made by the team (such as THEIR PURPLE MOMENT and BLOTTO) and was remade very closely in SONS OF THE DESERT. In fact, after Laurel and Hardy, this same plot was reworked on "The Honeymooners" and even "The Flintstones"!

    In this film, Stan and Ollie go out for a good time and meet two ladies who eventually ask them back to their apartment. What they don't know is that the wives suspect the boys are playing around and one of the lady has a boyfriend who is a professional boxer! The wives actually catch them in the act but Stan and Ollie don't know it--and there is a very, very long segment where the boys make up lie after lie to explain themselves. This leads to an expectedly violent confrontation. The end was cute and repeated very closely in BLOCKHEADS. While there's a lot of familiar material in this short, it is very well done and funny.
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    • Aug 31, 2008

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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1928 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official Site
      • None
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Alley way at 2914 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • 20 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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