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Their Purple Moment (1928)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die Geldgierigen / Laurel et Hardy - Un moment d'humiliation …
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.
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Them Thar Hills (1934)
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Charley Rogers actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Selige Campingfreuden / Laurel et Hardy - Les joyeux compères …
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
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Scram! (1932)
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Ray McCarey actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Gelächter in der Nacht / Laurel et Hardy - Les Deux Vagabonds …
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
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The Chimp (1932)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof in der Manege / Prenez garde au lion …
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Spuk um Mitternacht / Laurel et Hardy - La maison de la peur …
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
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Men O' War (1929)
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Lewis R. Foster actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Blaue Jungs in Schwierigkeiten / Laurel et Hardy - La flotte est dans le lac …
Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a boat to cruise on a lake. They soon tangle with other boaters and everyone ends up in the water.
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Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
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Ralph Ceder actor: Stan Laurel / Ena Gregory …
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.
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Haunted at Midnight (1931)
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James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Spuk um Mitternacht
Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebeneezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
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The King (1930)
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Charley Rogers / James W. Horne actor: Harry Langdon / Thelma Todd …
The king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns, drilling his soldiers, and dallying with the wife of a new minister. The queen catches him kissing her, her husband figures out that something fishy is going on, and the king tries his best to proceed with his plans for a night out. The queen contrives to keep him cuffed in the bedroom: king, queen, minister, and coquette end up in a game of musical beds. Will his royal highness get his night out?
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On the Loose (1931)
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Hal Roach actor: Zasu Pitts / Thelma Todd …
other title: On The Loose
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.