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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1215

Perfect Day

192920 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 19:43
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · James Parrott · Public domain

Synopsis

Laurel, Hardy and their families prepare for a Sunday outing, but their car repeatedly prevents departure. Farewells have to be repeated as practical troubles become arguments. A dispute with a neighbor and an encounter with a deep pothole further undermine the promised pleasant day.

Cast

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Edgar Kennedy

Kay Deslys

Isabelle Keith

DirectorsJames Parrott

Behind the scenes

The original release used music only over the opening titles. A later reissue added a score, creating two sound presentations of the same sequence of domestic mishaps.

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Availability checked on September 15, 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
Edgar Kennedy — film screenshot · Public domain

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