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Two bumbling circus performers inadvertently help drive the circus into ruin and then end up in possession of a flea circus and an oversized chimp.Two bumbling circus performers inadvertently help drive the circus into ruin and then end up in possession of a flea circus and an oversized chimp.Two bumbling circus performers inadvertently help drive the circus into ruin and then end up in possession of a flea circus and an oversized chimp.
Bobby Burns
- Tenant
- (uncredited)
Baldwin Cooke
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
- Laid-off Circus Performer
- (uncredited)
James Finlayson
- Ringmaster
- (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
- Ethel - the Chimp
- (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
- Joe - the Landlord
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
- Ethel - the Landlord's Wife
- (uncredited)
Jack Hill
- Circus Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Lois Laurel
- Girl in Audience
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Layton
- Laid-off Circus Performer
- (uncredited)
George Miller
- Circus Owner
- (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
- Circus Owner
- (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford
- Destructo
- (uncredited)
Harry Wilde
- Circus performer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Oliver Hardy(uncredited)
- Stan Laurel(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaLois Laurel, cast as an uncredited audience member in the circus, is Stan Laurel's real-life daughter.
- GoofsThe picture of "Ethel" the landlord is holding, and the actress portraying her are two different people.
- Quotes
Ringmaster: Ah-ha! Something for men only. Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom.
- Alternate versionsWhen re-released by Film Classics in the 1940s, the opening titles were reversed. Instead of going the right way: "Mr. Hardy's aesthetic nature thrilled at the beauties of circus life -- Mr. Laurel never got any further than the monkey cage", it was reversed and started with "Mr. Laurel never got...."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Zurich (2015)
- SoundtracksSobre las Olas (Over the Waves)
(1887) (uncredited)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Played for the Woman Standing on a Horse sequence
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Sub-standard circus short from Hal Roach and Laurel and Hardy...
Only true Laurel and Hardy addicts will appreciate this sub-standard short that has the boys doing their best to demolish a circus tent with explosive gun powder, after which STAN LAUREL is given a flea circus for a parting gift, and OLIVER HARDY, a chimp called Ethyl.
Naturally, when they decide to look for lodgings they get a hard time from landlord BILLY GILBERT who refuses to have them under his roof when he spies the chimp. Gilbert is already in a dither because his wife hasn't come home yet--his dear Ethyl.
The rest of the short has the boys getting into one sticky situation after another, but the laughs are meager and the obvious use of a man inside an ape costume takes a lot away from the gags. Funniest line has Stan sighting a loose lion on the prowl and Oliver asking him what's the matter. "I've seen MGM," is his straight answer.
But the slapstick happenings are not on par with the duo's best comedy shorts. This is strictly an early Laurel and Hardy featurette from Hal Roach that needed a much better script. At least BILLY GILBERT gets to do his customary energetic job as the irate husband who overhears Hardy telling the chimp, "Come to bed, Ethyl."
Good potential material, but it should have been a lot funnier.
Naturally, when they decide to look for lodgings they get a hard time from landlord BILLY GILBERT who refuses to have them under his roof when he spies the chimp. Gilbert is already in a dither because his wife hasn't come home yet--his dear Ethyl.
The rest of the short has the boys getting into one sticky situation after another, but the laughs are meager and the obvious use of a man inside an ape costume takes a lot away from the gags. Funniest line has Stan sighting a loose lion on the prowl and Oliver asking him what's the matter. "I've seen MGM," is his straight answer.
But the slapstick happenings are not on par with the duo's best comedy shorts. This is strictly an early Laurel and Hardy featurette from Hal Roach that needed a much better script. At least BILLY GILBERT gets to do his customary energetic job as the irate husband who overhears Hardy telling the chimp, "Come to bed, Ethyl."
Good potential material, but it should have been a lot funnier.
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- Doylenf
- Jun 3, 2008
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- Runtime25 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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