Show. Stick around. Along came Auntie. 45 minutes from Hollywood. Forty five minutes from Hollywood. Crazy to act. Sawmill. Should sailors marry? Hop to it!
Notes:
Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Bobby Ray, Vivian Oakand, Stan Laurel, Glenn Tryon, Mildred June, Clyde Cook. Title from disc. Originally released as motion pictures between 1922 and 1926.
Contents:
The show / directors, Larry Semon, Norman Taurog (1922, 25 min.) -- Stick around / director, Ward Hayes (1925, 24 min.) -- Along came Auntie / director, Fred Guiol, Richard Wallace (1926, 23 min.) -- 45 minutes from Hollywood / director Fred Guiol (1926, 21 min.) -- Crazy to act / director, Earl Rodney (1927, 25 min.) -- The sawmill / directors, Larry Semon, Norman Taurog (1921, 25 min.) -- Should sailors marry? / directors, James Parrott, Jess Robbins (1925, 18 min.) -- Hop to it! / director, Ted Burnstein (1925, 23 min.)
Summary:
Better known as the rotund half of the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, Oliver Hardy had an early career as a solo silent comic. This collection of 8 silent comedy shorts reveals the evolution of Hardy's comic mastery as well as showcasing many lesser-known stars of the slapstick era.
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