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Chickens Come Home ()

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Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.
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Mr. Laurel
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Mr. Oliver Hardy
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Ollie's Old Flame (uncredited)
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Office Worker (uncredited)
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Passerby Outside Apartment (uncredited)
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Mrs. Laurel (uncredited)
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Butler (uncredited)
Elizabeth Forrester ...
Passerby Outside Apartment (uncredited)
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Judge (uncredited)
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Secretary (uncredited)
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Mr. Holliday (uncredited)
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Mr. Kinsey / Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Office Worker (uncredited)
Venice Lloyd ...
Office Worker (uncredited)
Bob Minford ...
Doorman (uncredited)
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Busybody (uncredited)
Gertrude Pedlar ...
Judge's Wife (uncredited)
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Hardy's Dinner Servant (uncredited)
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Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

Directed by

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James W. Horne

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H.M. Walker ... (dialogue)
 
Oliver Hardy ... (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
 
James W. Horne ... (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Stan Laurel ... (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Hal Roach ... (story) (uncredited)
 
Charley Rogers ... (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)

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Hal Roach ... producer (uncredited)

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Jack Stevens ... (photographed by)
Art Lloyd ... (uncredited)

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Richard C. Currier ... (edited by) (as Richard Currier)

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Elmer Raguse ... recording engineer

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E. Truman Joiner ... grip (uncredited)

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Marvin Hatley ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leroy Shield ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Hal Roach ... presenter
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Plot Summary

Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame (Mae Busch) tries to blackmail him with a old photo ('just the same old apple-cheeked boy'). Stan's attempts to help Ollie keep the blackmailer at bay incur the wrath of the shrewish Mrs Laurel, who takes her revenge with an ax. Written by Stephen Harrison

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Taglines Every man has a past - With some little "Indiscretion" he would like to bury. Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy have thirty or forty they would like to cremate. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Chicken Come Home (United States)
  • Les poulets en visite (France)
  • Quand les poules rentrent au bercail (France)
  • Die Dame auf der Schulter (Germany)
  • Politqueras (Spain)
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  • 30 min
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Trivia 'Chickens Come Home' is a "three-reel' sound remake of the two-reel silent, 'Love 'Em And Weep' from 1927, which was also made at the Hal Roach Studios. Oliver Hardy (who had a bit part as a judge in the silent) plays the featured part, which was originally played by James Finlayson in the silent version. Finlayson is relegated to the small part of the butler in the sound version. Stan Laurel and Mae Busch play the same parts in both films. See more »
Goofs In the colorized version, at the start Ollie is looking at his photo in the paper. The photo has also been colorized for an age when no color photographs would have appeared in the papers. See more »
Movie Connections Alternate-language version of Politiquerías (1931). See more »
Soundtracks Somebody's Coming to My House See more »
Quotes Stanley: Do you mind if I smoke?
Ollie's blackmailer: I don't care if you burn up!
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