Pardon Us
Summary:
Two-reel comedy favorites Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made their feature-film debut (excluding their guest appearances in Hollywood Revue of 1929 and Rogue Song) in the prison comedy Pardon Us. A spoof of MGM's The Big House, the story begins when erstwhile bootleggers Laurel and Hardy sell a bottle of beer to a Prohibition agent. Shipped off to the pen, our h... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Stan Laurel - (Himself)
Oliver Hardy - (Himself)
Walter Long - (The Tiger, a wily convict)
Wilfred Lucas - (The Warden)
James Finlayson - (Schoolteacher)
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Review:
Laurel and Hardy's first feature-length comedy was apparently meant to be a two-reeler, and was only expanded because of a dispute between producer Hal Roach and MGM. Roach wanted to use the actual set from The Big House for his parody and the studio agreed -- if Laurel and Hardy would do a film for them. Roach refused... Continue >>
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