Laurel and Hardy: Pardon Us

Laurel and Hardy: Pardon Us

Type: Film
Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Director: James Parrott
Awards: Academy Honorary Award, Venice Film Festival Special Prize, Hollywood Walk of Frame, British Film Institute Fellowship
Year: 1931
Length: 56 minutes

This comedy from Laurel and Hardy was their first full-length feature film. The story revolves around Laurel and Hardy playing bootleggers who are arrested for illegally selling alcohol during Prohibition. Their escapades in jail result in a downward spiral of disasters until they accidentally help the warden and are released. Initially planned as a short film, the duo's fame was growing so additional sequences and musical numbers were added. They also filmed in Spanish, French, and German.

Laurel and Hardy: Pardon Us
  • Laurel and Hardy: Pardon Us

    Type: Film
    Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
    Director: James Parrott
    Awards: Academy Honorary Award, Venice Film Festival Special Prize, Hollywood Walk of Frame, British Film Institute Fellowship
    Year: 1931
    Length: 56 minutes

    This comedy from Laurel and Hardy was their first full-length feature...