Playing at Politics 1931

Alternate-language version of Chickens Come Home (1931)

7.2 / 10   6 vote(s)
Comedy

Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.

Release Date 1931-05-01
Runtime 56m
Director James W. Horne
Producer Hal Roach
Writer H.M. Walker

An enjoyable oddity by Laurel and Hardy, in a Hal Roach experiment, in which entire versions of films were shot in other languages, with the stars learning their lines phonetically, to take advantage of foreign markets, before dubbing became the standard (and cheaper) way of doing things. From 'Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection: The Sound Films from the Hal Roach Studios'.

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