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Double Whoopee is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Lewis R. Foster released in USA on 18 may 1929 with Stan Laurel
Double Whoopee (1929)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 may 1929
Length 20minutes
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Rating68%
Double Whoopee is a 1929 Hal Roach Studios silent short comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot during February 1929 and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 18 of that year.
Synopsis
Laurel and Hardy play the roles of a footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel) at an upper class hotel. Jean Harlow also makes a brief appearance in this film, as a blonde bombshell who gets partially stripped by Laurel & Hardy. One of the funnier scenes is one with an automatic elevator. A haughty prince tries to get on the elevator from the first floor. Simultaneously Oliver summons the elevator. For some reason the outer doors don't close and when the prince (who has been busy giving a speech) tries to step in, he falls into the elevator well. Oliver rides down in the elevator and disappears. The prince is pulled out of the well, all disheveled and dirty. He tries it again. This time Stan summons the elevator and the whole thing repeats.Actors
Stan Laurel
(Stan)
Oliver Hardy
(Ollie)
Jean Harlow
(Swanky blonde)
Ed Brandenburg
(Bellhop)
William Gillespie
(Hotel manager)
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