Laughing Gravy
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Stan Laurel (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy
| Laughing Gravy | |
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| Directed by | James W. Horne |
| Written by | H. M. Walker Stan Laurel (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy |
| Cinematography | Art Lloyd |
| Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
| Music by | Leroy Shield |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 20 minutes (original release) 31:38 (English) 62:29 (Spanish) 29:54 (German) 64:45 (French) |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom Canada |
| Languages | English Spanish German French |
Laughing Gravy is a 1930 short film comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Stan and Ollie are in bed when Stan’s hiccups wake up Ollie. Oliver, after suffering in silence for a few moments, wakes up Stan. Stan clownishly drinks a glass of water and tries to return to sleep, only to wake the dog, whose barking rouses their landlord. The landlord ejects the dog, and Stan resolves to rescue it. Ollie insists on doing it, as Stan will wake up the landlord. Ollie succeeds in finding Laughing Gravy, only to be locked out of the building. This basic scenario is repeated several times, resulting in Ollie falling into a frozen barrel of rainwater, locking himself out of the apartment window and climbing down and destroying the brick chimney.
The boys are to be evicted from the apartment when Stan receives a letter, along with a $1,000 check, informing him that he has inherited his uncle's fortune on the condition that he ceases all contact with Oliver. At first, Stan doesn’t show Ollie the letter, until Oliver guilts Stan into sharing it. With Oliver’s blessing, Stan prepares to leave forever. At the last moment, however, Stan tears apart the letter and returns to Oliver, who thinks that Stan sacrificed the money for him, but Stan tells him that he did it for his dog.
Just before Stan and Ollie are evicted, a policeman informs them that the house is quarantined for two months, with nobody permitted to leave. The frustrated landlord walks away with a rifle, and a shot and the sound of the landlord's body hitting on the floor are heard. The three slowly and sadly take off their hats and the policeman closes the door.
Cast
- Stan Laurel as Stan
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie
- Charlie Hall as The Landlord
- Harry Bernard as The Policeman
- Charles Dorety as Drunk
- Laughing Gravy as Laughing Gravy - the Dog (uncredited)