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Laughing Gravy
Laughing Gravy is a 1931 short film comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
On a snowy winter night, Laurel and Hardy try to keep their pet dog Laughing Gravy hidden from their landlord, mostly without success. The landlord eventually orders them to leave, but fate takes a hand.
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 trio slowly remove their hats, and the policeman closes the door.
Laughing Gravy is a remake of the Laurel and Hardy 1929 silent film Angora Love. Charlie Hall plays a tenant in the original and the landlord in the remake. Harry Bernard also plays the policeman in Angora Love as he does in Laughing Gravy. The film was partially remade in 1932 as The Chimp.
The eponymous dog's name is a slang reference to liquor, as Prohibition was still in effect in the U.S. when the film was made.
Laughing Gravy has three versions: a two-reel black-and-white version lasting approximately 20 minutes, a three-reel black-and-white version lasting approximately 30 minutes and a three-reel colorized version that finishes with the two-reel ending.
Laughing Gravy
Laughing Gravy is a 1931 short film comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
On a snowy winter night, Laurel and Hardy try to keep their pet dog Laughing Gravy hidden from their landlord, mostly without success. The landlord eventually orders them to leave, but fate takes a hand.
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 trio slowly remove their hats, and the policeman closes the door.
Laughing Gravy is a remake of the Laurel and Hardy 1929 silent film Angora Love. Charlie Hall plays a tenant in the original and the landlord in the remake. Harry Bernard also plays the policeman in Angora Love as he does in Laughing Gravy. The film was partially remade in 1932 as The Chimp.
The eponymous dog's name is a slang reference to liquor, as Prohibition was still in effect in the U.S. when the film was made.
Laughing Gravy has three versions: a two-reel black-and-white version lasting approximately 20 minutes, a three-reel black-and-white version lasting approximately 30 minutes and a three-reel colorized version that finishes with the two-reel ending.