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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1516

Slipping Wives

192722 minUnited States

Synopsis

A neglected wife hires a paint salesman to pretend to court her and make her husband jealous. The household butler must prepare the visitor for dinner, while each participant understands a different version of the scheme.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 21:40
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

Priscilla Dean

Oliver Hardy

Stan Laurel

Herbert Rawlinson

Albert Conti

DirectorsFred Guiol

Behind the scenes

Priscilla Dean leads the comedy, with Laurel as the salesman and Hardy as the butler. Their roles precede the settled identities of their later partnership.

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Priscilla Dean — This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.35305 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . · Public domain
Oliver Hardy — Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984 · CC0
Stan Laurel — Photo by Stax · Public domain
Herbert Rawlinson — Albert Witzel · Public domain
Albert Conti — First National Pictures · Public domain

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