Chickens Come Home (1931) Directed by James W. Horne
Short / Comedy
aka: Chicken Come Home
Film Review
One of Laurel and Hardy's most exuberant three reel comedies, Chickens Come Home is a remake of
their earlier silent short Love 'em
and Weep (1927). The team made a Spanish version of
the film, Politiquerias,
which was expanded to six reels by the inclusion of scenes involving a
magician and vaudeville act. Laurel is pretty well
redundant in this film, which is dominated by Hardy and Mae
Busch. The latter was a L&H regular who specialised in
characters who were apt to tyrannise the stuffing out of Stan and
Ollie. Busch is particularly feisty in this film, and her scenes
with Oliver Hardy are a delight. If things had been different,
cinema's best loved double act
might well have been Busch and Hardy...
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Film Synopsis
Oliver Hardy is the proud proprietor of a thriving fertilizer
business. However, his dreams of becoming mayor of his town
appear thwarted when an old flame bursts into his office with a
photograph that bears witness to their former indiscretions. The
woman demands that Ollie hand over a substantial sum of money,
otherwise she will allow the photograph to be published in the
newspapers. Ollie tells her he will call on her that evening to
settle her demands. But he must attend a dinner party hosted by
his wife that same evening, so he sends his faithful assistant Stan
round to stall whilst he tries to escape from the party. Both
Ollie's and Stan's marriages could be ruined before the evening is
out...
Cast:Stan Laurel (Mr. Laurel),
Oliver Hardy (Mr. Oliver Hardy),
Mae Busch (Ollie's Old Time Flame),
Baldwin Cooke (Office Worker),
Gordon Douglas (Passerby Outside Apartment),
Norma Drew (Mrs. Laurel),
James Finlayson (Butler),
Elizabeth Forrester (Passerby Outside Apartment),
Charles K. French (The Judge),
Frank Holliday (Mr. Holliday),
Ham Kinsey (Mr. Kinsey),
Dorothy Layton (Office Worker),
Patsy O'Byrne (Busybody),
Gertrude Pedlar (Judge's Wife),
Frank Rice (Hardy's Dinner Servant),
Thelma Todd (Mrs. Hardy)
Country: USA
Language: English
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 30 min
Aka:Chicken Come Home
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