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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1367

Bacon Grabbers

192920 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 20:11
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Lewis R. Foster · Public domain

Synopsis

Stan and Ollie arrive to repossess a radio, but its owner refuses to surrender it. A routine collection turns into a battle involving a bulldog, a policeman, a fire hydrant and a steamroller.

Cast

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

DirectorsLewis R. Foster

Behind the scenes

The short uses synchronized music and effects without spoken dialogue. Laurel and Hardy's attempts to perform a simple job provide the structure for its increasingly destructive physical comedy.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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

Stan Laurel — Photo by Stax · Public domain
Oliver Hardy — Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984 · CC0

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