Comedy · United States of America · 1930 · 25m

Blotto

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Director

Cast

Stan Laurel as Stan Oliver Hardy as Ollie Anita Garvin as Mrs. Laurel Baldwin Cooke as Waiter Jean De Briac as Shopkeeper Dick Gilbert as Phone Booth Gawker

Crew

George Stevens — Director of Photography Richard C. Currier — Editor Stan Laurel — Writer Leo McCarey — Story Hal Roach — Producer

Synopsis

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.

Mood & Themes

prohibition era gun liquor black and white fake drunkenness short film

Key Collaborators

James Parrott Director George Stevens Director of Photography Richard C. Currier Editor Stan Laurel Writer Leo McCarey Story Hal Roach Producer

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