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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1368

Liberty

192919 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 19:10
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Leo McCarey · Public domain

Synopsis

Two escaped prisoners accidentally exchange trousers while changing clothes. Their attempts to correct the mistake send them onto a building under construction, where narrow girders and an unwelcome crab make every movement hazardous.

Cast

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Tom Kennedy

Sam Lufkin

James Finlayson

Jack Hill

DirectorsLeo McCarey

Behind the scenes

Leo McCarey directs Laurel and Hardy in a synchronized silent comedy. Height and the actors' opposing reactions supply the suspense, while the soundtrack provides music and effects rather than dialogue.

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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
Tom Kennedy — Los Angeles Times; https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002ddxzz · CC BY 4.0
Sam Lufkin — Hal Yates; lordheath.com · Public domain
James Finlayson — Abbe; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain

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