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The Serenade

  • 19161916
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The Serenade (1916)
ComedyShort
Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
41
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POPULARITY
388,784
553,990
  • Director
    • Will Louis
  • Stars
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Billy Ruge
    • Billy Bletcher
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  • Director
    • Will Louis
  • Stars
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Billy Ruge
    • Billy Bletcher
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    The Serenade (1916)
    The Serenade (1916)
    Oliver Hardy and Florence McLaughlin in The Serenade (1916)
    Florence McLaughlin in The Serenade (1916)
    The Serenade (1916)
    The Serenade (1916)
    Billy Bletcher and Florence McLaughlin in The Serenade (1916)
    Billy Bletcher in The Serenade (1916)
    Billy Ruge in The Serenade (1916)
    Oliver Hardy in The Serenade (1916)
    Florence McLaughlin in The Serenade (1916)
    Oliver Hardy, Billy Bletcher, and Billy Ruge in The Serenade (1916)

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    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Plump
    • (as Babe Hardy)
    Billy Ruge
    Billy Ruge
    • Runt
    Billy Bletcher
    Billy Bletcher
    • Schmitte
    Florence McLaughlin
    • Florence
    • (as Florence McLoughlin)
    Edward Lawrence
    Edward Lawrence
    • Grouchy Neighbor
    • Director
      • Will Louis
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    4/10
    Hardy, Ruge & Bletcher
    Oliver Hardy and Billy Ruge are two feuding musicians in Billy Bletcher's oompah band in this typically primitive Vim comedy shot in Jacksonville.

    It's about 90% rough slapstick as Babe kicks tiny Billy -- the series was often sold as "Plump and Runt". It was Hardy's first series as a comedy pair, and under director Will Louis, there was little time for the fussy ornamentation that Hardy would bring to his character in later years -- although there is a brief moment, when dealing with the foam of his beer, when you can see the beginning of those moments. Billy Bletcher is fine as always, but Ruge is the sort of comic that was ultimately replaceable: he was small, he could take a fall, but he never developed a personality that kept him an audience favorite. He was gone from the movies by the early 1920s, while the other two kept working.

    The remaining bits are Florence McLaughlin as Billy attractive daughter who canoodles with all the boys.
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    • Release date
      • March 2, 1916 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Jacksonville, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Vim Comedy Film Company
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    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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