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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1366

Double Whoopee

192918 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 18:21
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Lewis R. Foster · Public domain

Synopsis

Two new hotel employees arrive as the staff prepares to welcome a prince. A mistaken reception, disastrous service and repeated trouble with an elevator bring the supposed dignity of the grand hotel rapidly undone.

Cast

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Jean Harlow

Ed Brandenburg

William Gillespie

Charlie Hall

DirectorsLewis R. Foster

Behind the scenes

Laurel and Hardy play a footman and doorman in this silent short. Jean Harlow makes a brief appearance during the hotel's escalating confusion.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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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
Jean Harlow — studio; Celebrities Stars · Public domain
Ed Brandenburg — Pathé Exchange Leo McCarey; lordheath.com . · Public domain
William Gillespie — George Jeske, Hal Roach; lordheath.com · Public domain
Charlie Hall — Lewis R. Foster; lordheath.com . · Public domain

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