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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1472

The Second Hundred Years

192723 minUnited States

Synopsis

Two prisoners tunnel into the wrong room, then try escaping as painters. A stolen limousine and borrowed formal clothes lead to their being welcomed as visiting prison officials, forcing them to maintain the disguise at a banquet.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 22:35
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Fred Guiol · Public domain

Cast

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

DirectorsFred Guiol

Historical context

The short presents Laurel and Hardy as partners in a sustained comic story. Each attempt to leave prison draws them into a new situation that requires even more cooperation.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 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

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