Synopsis
A railway camp cook struggles to feed the workers while a young couple plans to elope. Fishing, hunting, explosive pancakes and a runaway train draw him into a series of escalating accidents.
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- Original language
- No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
- This copy runs
- 20:07
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.
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Cast
DirectorsStan Laurel
Behind the scenes
Stan Laurel directs Clyde Cook and Oliver Hardy. Laurel works behind the camera here; the film predates the established Laurel and Hardy screen partnership.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Oliver Hardy — Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984 · CC0
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