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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1545

Sugar Daddies

192718 minUnited States

Synopsis

An oil millionaire wakes to discover that he has acquired a wife and relatives demanding money. His lawyer and butler help him flee, using a precarious disguise while the pursuit carries them through a hotel and amusement attractions.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 18:10
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 Leo McCarey · Public domain

Cast

James Finlayson

Stan Laurel

DirectorsFred Guiol Leo McCarey

Behind the scenes

James Finlayson leads the story with Laurel and Hardy as his helpers. The tall-woman disguise turns cooperation among the three men into a difficult physical arrangement.

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James Finlayson — Abbe; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Stan Laurel — Photo by Stax · Public domain

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