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The Lucky Dog is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Jess Robbins released in USA on 1 october 1921 with Stan Laurel
The Lucky Dog (1921)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 october 1921
Length 24minutes
Directed by Jess Robbins
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Rating59%
The Lucky Dog was the first film to include both members of the famous comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, later known as Laurel and Hardy and is the first occasion that they worked together.
Though they appear in scenes together, they play independent of each other and not as the comedic team that they would later become.
The film was shot as two reels, but some versions end abruptly after the first reel where Stan is robbed by Ollie.
Synopsis
A hapless hero (Laurel), who after being thrown out onto the street for not paying his rent, is befriended by a stray dog. The dog and young man then bump into a robber (Hardy) who is holding someone up. The bandit, who in the process has accidentally placed his victim’s money into the young man's back pocket, turns from his first victim, who runs off, to rob Stan. The robber then steals the money he had already stolen from the bemused young man who had thought he was broke.Actors
Stan Laurel
(Brash young man accused of dognapping)
Oliver Hardy
(Masked bandit who confronts Laurel)
Florence Gilbert
(Poodle owner)
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