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Dorothy Coburn is a Actor American born on 1 january 1904 at Great Falls (USA)
Dorothy Coburn est une actrice américaine née le 8 juin 1905 à Great Falls (Montana) et décédée le 15 mai 1978 à Los Angeles (Californie). Elle est principalement connue pour avoir interprété le rôle de l'infirmière du dentiste dans trois films du duo Laurel et Hardy : Les Forçats du pinceau (The Second 100 Years), La Bataille du siècle (The Battle of the Century) et Laissez-nous rire (Leave 'Em Laughing). Coburn se retira à l'arrivée du parlant mais revint un peu plus tard pour doubler la star Ginger Rogers.
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1904 at Great Falls (USA)
Death 15 may 1978 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 1 january 1904 at Great Falls (USA)
Death 15 may 1978 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Yellow Dust (1936)
, 1h8Directed by Wallace Fox, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olsen, Jessie Ralph, Andy Clyde, Onslow Stevens
Roles Undetermined Role
Rating56%
Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Norman Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Jackie Cooper, Allen Hoskins, Bobby Hutchins, Edgar Kennedy
Roles Pie Seller (uncredited)
Rating66%
The gang participates, allegedly by force, in a boring play entitled The Gladiator's Dilemma. Written, produced and directed by the wife of Officer Kennedy, her husband is responsible for the special effects and will portray different characters as needed (including a giant named Ursus and an elephant).
From Soup to Nuts (1928)
, 18minutesDirected by Edgar Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Otto Fries, Anita Garvin, Sam Lufkin
Roles Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Rating66%
The film centers around Stan and Ollie being hired as waiters at an upper class dinner party and subsequently not making a very good job of it.
The Finishing Touch (1928)
, 19minutesDirected by Leo McCarey, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Edgar Kennedy, Sam Lufkin
Roles Nurse
Rating71%
The film has them building a house with disastrous results.
Their Purple Moment (1928)
, 18minutesDirected by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford, Lyle Tayo, Leo Willis
Roles Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Rating66%
Henpecked Stan and Ollie have been secretly saving for a night on the town away from the wives. When Stan's wife discovers the scheme, she replaces Stan's hidden loot with cigar coupons. The boys are unable to settle a huge restaurant bill, and their evening ends in a pie-throwing brawl in the restaurant's kitchen.
Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (1928)
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jean Darling, Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jay R. Smith, Harry Spear
Roles Lady who sits on egg
Rating68%
Playin' Hookey (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Jackie Condon, Jay R. Smith, Harry Spear, Harry Arras
Roles Woman hit with pie
Rating63%
We Faw Down (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers, Dorothy Coburn
Rating68%
The Boys tell their wives they have a business engagement, then sneak off to a poker game. En route, they stop to help two young ladies with a flat tire, and wind up splattered with mud. The girls invite them up to their apartment while their clothes dry, and all proceed to get roaring drunk. A boyfriend appears, sending the duo scrambling out the back window, in full view of their wives.
Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
, 21minutesDirected by Frank Butler, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Charlie Hall, Otto Fries, Dorothy Coburn
Roles Dentist's Nurse (uncredited)
Rating66%
The scene opens in the duo's flat at night time. Stan complains that he has a toothache. Ollie goes to the bathroom to get him a hot-water bottle and keeps stepping on a tack which is lying around. When Stan gets the water bottle, the lid opens and the water pours out in the bed. The two of them make much noise and the landlord (Charlie Hall) comes in, telling them that they will have to leave first thing in the morning.
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Leo McCarey, James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edna Marion, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Jack Hill
Roles Muddy Combatant (uncredited)
Rating66%
Ollie and his wife are enjoying a quiet Sunday at home until Stan shows up, eager to play some golf. After Stan breaks the Hardys' Victrola and nearly sets fire to their house, Mrs. Hardy chases the boys out. At the golf course, they are partnered with a pair of comely young lasses to complete a foursome. The girls want to be treated to sodas, but the boys are short of money. Stan leaves his watch to settle the thirty-cent bill. On the course, they tangle with rude golfer Edgar Kennedy, and wind up in a mud-throwing battle with several other linksters.
Flying Elephants (1928)
, 17minutesDirected by Frank Butler, Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes La préhistoire, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Edna Marion, Dorothy Coburn, Tiny Sandford
Roles Gorgeous Wrestler
Rating59%
The film takes place in the Stone Age, where the leader (King) of the cave people declares that all the males between 13 and 99 years of age must find a female mate or face banishment. Ollie starts looking for a wife and in the scene it says "anyones will do" but is constantly clubbed on the head by the annoyed "husbands" Eventually Ollie finds an available girl but doesn't realise that Stan, with whom he has become friends is already intending to marry this girl. As both Stan and Ollie pursue the same girl, this eventually leads to several contests to win the affections of the young Blushing Rose.
That Night (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Actors Max Davidson, Gene Morgan, Dorothy Coburn
Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Actors Max Davidson, Gene Morgan, Spec O'Donnell, Dorothy Coburn, Charles Gemora
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
, 20minutesDirected by Fred Guiol, Hal Roach, Hal Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Ed Brandenburg, Frank Brownlee, Dorothy Coburn
Roles Passenger in deck chair
Rating66%
An honest cab driver (Laurel) picks up a woman (Anita Garvin) and her "baby", who is actually a midget in disguise. He does not realize his passengers are crooks. When they get out of the cab without paying and leave the meter running, Stan follows them aboard a ship, where he exposes the crooks.
The Battle of the Century (1927)
, 19minutesDirected by Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Noah Young, Eugene Pallette, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin
Roles Pie Victim Boarding Auto (uncredited)
Rating70%
Hardy enrolls Laurel at a boxing competition. Laurel, however, is too weak, and unfortunately loses. Hardy then seeks advice from an insurer on how to easily earn a lot of money: Laurel has to have an injury, so that Hardy can then pocket the insurance money. Hardy places a banana peel on a sidewalk, bringing Laurel there. But a pastry chef stumbles on the peel, and gets angry with Hardy, throwing a pie in his face. Hardy responds to the provocation, and soon the entire city block is involved in an epic battle of pies.