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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1375

45 Minutes from Hollywood

192621 minUnited States

Synopsis

An urgent payment sends a young man and his grandfather to Hollywood. Their trip brings them into the confusion of the movie business, turning a practical family errand into a comic encounter with the city's attractions.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 21:54
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Fred Guiol · Public domain

Cast

Glenn Tryon

Charlotte Mineau

DirectorsFred Guiol

Historical context

Laurel and Hardy both appear, but do not share a scene as the familiar screen partnership. Glenn Tryon leads the story during an earlier stage in their careers.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Glenn Tryon — Fred Guiol; lordheath.com . · Public domain
Charlotte Mineau — Fred Guiol; lordheath.com . · Public domain

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