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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1649

The Egg

192222 minUnited States

Synopsis

A clumsy lumber worker accidentally acquires a letter exposing a scheme against his company's president. While trying to avoid the foreman's anger, he becomes entangled in the plot and an unexpected romance.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 23:38
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 · Gilbert Pratt · Public domain

Cast

Stan Laurel

DirectorsGilbert Pratt

Behind the scenes

Stan Laurel plays Humpty Dumpty, nicknamed the Egg, in a comedy produced by G. M. Anderson. The film also circulated under the title The Carpenter.

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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.

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Stan Laurel — Photo by Stax · Public domain

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