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Dorothy Layton is a Actor American born on 13 august 1912 at Cincinnati (USA)
Dorothy Layton (August 13, 1912 – June 4, 2009) was an American film actress of the early 1930s.
Born as Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch in Cincinnati, Ohio, Layton was selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" for 1932. Layton had a promising acting career and starred in eight films in 1932 and 1933, notably appearing several times with Laurel and Hardy. She appeared in the films Chickens Come Home (1931), The Chimp (1932), County Hospital (1932), and Pack Up Your Troubles (1932). The only film she made of any prominence, however, was Pick-Up (1933), which starred George Raft and Sylvia Sidney. Her career fizzled after that film, and never really took off again. By 1935 she retired altogether from acting.
Layton eventually moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she met and married Howard W. Taylor, Jr., a Baltimore businessman. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had two children. Dorothy Layton died on June 4, 2009, at a retirement home in Towson, Maryland, aged 96.
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Birth name Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch
Nationality USA
Birth 13 august 1912 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 4 june 2009 (at 96 years) at Towson (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 august 1912 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 4 june 2009 (at 96 years) at Towson (USA)
Born as Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch in Cincinnati, Ohio, Layton was selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" for 1932. Layton had a promising acting career and starred in eight films in 1932 and 1933, notably appearing several times with Laurel and Hardy. She appeared in the films Chickens Come Home (1931), The Chimp (1932), County Hospital (1932), and Pack Up Your Troubles (1932). The only film she made of any prominence, however, was Pick-Up (1933), which starred George Raft and Sylvia Sidney. Her career fizzled after that film, and never really took off again. By 1935 she retired altogether from acting.
Layton eventually moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she met and married Howard W. Taylor, Jr., a Baltimore businessman. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had two children. Dorothy Layton died on June 4, 2009, at a retirement home in Towson, Maryland, aged 96.
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County Hospital (1932)
, 19minutesDirected by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, May Wallace, Billy Gilbert, Sam Lufkin, William Austin
Roles Nurse
Rating72%
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. Stan pays him a visit (he did not have anything else to do) bearing a "thoughtful" gift of hard-boiled eggs and nuts. Ollie complains he cannot eat hard-boiled eggs or nuts and asks Stan why he did not bring a box of candy. Stan explains boxes of candy cost too much and that Ollie did not pay him for the last box he had brought him. While eating an egg, Stan knocks over a jug of water and Ollie hits him on the head with a bedpan. Dr. Gilbert comes in to examine Ollie and tells him he should be in the hospital at least two months, to Ollie's delight; this is the first time he remembers having such a wonderful rest. But Stan causes so much trouble, the angry Dr. Gilbert orders both patient and guest out of the hospital at once. "You had nothing else to do so you thought you'd come around and see me," says an irritated Ollie. "Here I was for the first time in my life having a nice peaceful time and you had to come and spoil it. Get my clothes." Before leaving, Stan first manages to destroy a pair of trousers belonging to Ollie's roommate (who is also going home) and then accidentally sits on a hypodermic needle loaded with sedative. The nurse comes in, discovers this and nearly collapses into hysterics. Stan attempts to drive Ollie home, but is nearly asleep at the wheel thanks to the sedative, and the car careens wildly through the streets in a token comic "reckless driving" sequence of hilarious (yet obviously staged) traffic chaos...until Stan finally smashes the car between two streetcars, bending it into a 90 degree angle so that he can only drive round and round in circles.
The Chimp (1932)
, 25minutesDirected by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Films about lions, Films about apes, Buddy films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, James Finlayson, Bobby Burns, Jack Hill
Roles Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited)
Rating67%
The comedy duo are working at the circus. They first appear in the Pantomime horse and then as assistants to Destructo, a strongman. The circus goes bankrupt after the Big Top is destroyed when Laurel and Hardy cause Destructo's cannonball-catching act to go wrong. The circus can't pay them their wages so Oliver is given a gorilla called Ethel and Stanley a Flea Circus as a pay off. Despite the film's title Ethel isn't a chimpanzee. She is dressed in a ballet tutu and hat. Stanley and Oliver need to find a room to stay in overnight and they go to a guest house. The landlord gives them a room but refuses to let Ethel stay. A lion named MGM after the MGM lion has escaped from the circus. Stanley and Oliver try to smuggle Ethel into their room whilst avoiding MGM. They decide to leave Ethel outside for the night and go to bed. They sleep in the same bed as in all Laurel and Hardy films. Stanley falls out of bed and decides to sleep in the spare bed. Ethel climbs in through the window and gets into bed with Oliver. Ethel steals the blanket from Oliver so he decides to use the spare bed as well as Stanley. They both begin to itch and find that the flea circus has escaped into the bed. Another guest at the house puts some music on and Ethel begins to dance. The landlord has a wife called Ethel and when Oliver tells the gorilla to stop dancing the landlord thinks his wife is in the room with Stanley and Oliver. The landlord confronts Stanley and Oliver with a pistol. At the end the gorilla gets hold of the pistol and begins to shoot, scaring everyone out of the room.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
, 1h8Directed by Lloyd French, George Marshall, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Richard Tucker, Don Dillaway, Jacquie Lyn
Roles First Bridesmaid - Left Column (uncredited)
Rating71%
The film begins in 1917 with Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) being drafted into the American Expeditionary Force to fight in World War I. The two mess up badly during drilling, antagonizing the drill sergeant and wind up in kitchen duties. Misunderstanding the cook's instructions on disposing of the garbage cans results in dumping the garbage in the general's private dining room. While in prison, they are threatened by the cook (George Marshal), also jailed due to their "snitching", with violence, once he is out and has his knife again. While serving in the trenches of France, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed in action by the Imperial German Army.In the same battle, the boys manage to capture several enemy soldiers, in a rather unusual way.
On the Loose (1931)
, 20minutesDirected by Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, John Loder, Claud Allister, Billy Gilbert, Otto Fries
Roles Woman in Fun House (uncredited)
Rating61%
ZaSu and Thelma are two young women at home complaining about all of the dates they have been on. In every case they have been taken to Coney Island. The next day they are walking in the street when a car goes by and they are splashed with mud and water. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date. The date happens to be at Coney Island once again. The date doesn't go very well and they are glad to go home.
Chickens Come Home (1931)
, 30minutesDirected by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Mae Busch, Baldwin Cooke, Thelma Todd
Roles Office Worker
Rating73%
Fertilizer dealer and mayoral candidate Ollie is confronted by an old flame (Mae Busch) at his office, threatening to publish an old photograph of the woman and Ollie riding piggyback on the beach if she is not paid off. Ollie agrees to meet her that evening to make a settlement, but Mrs. Hardy (Thelma Todd) arrives to remind him of a dinner party taking place at that same moment. Ollie recruits employee Stan to go to the woman's apartment while Ollie attends the party, a maneuver which does not please the woman, who demands Ollie's telephone number, touching off a variety of misunderstandings and suspicions of unfaithfulness between the boys, their wives, Ollie's butler and Mrs. Laurel's gossipy friend.