A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Oliver Hardy (left) and Stan Laurel (right). Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Stan Laurel [Stan], Oliver Hardy [Oliver], Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers, Kay Deslys, Vera White; George Kotsonaros

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Photographed (cinematography) by George Stevens. Film editor, Richard Currier (Richard C. Currier). Titles (intertitles written) by H.M. Walker. / © 29 December 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP25994]. Released 29 December 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot from 23 August through 1 September 1928, with retakes shot on 7 and 13 September 1928. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Comedy.

Synopsis: The boys conspire to get out of the house to play a poker game and end up entertaining two women, not their wives.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates (Blackhawk Films collection); and in private film collections [8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 6 May 2010.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Kerr-Silent p. 331; Skretvedt-Magic pp. 133, 134, 135-136, 345.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.