Comedy · United States of America · 1932 · 25m

The Chimp

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Director
James Parrott
Cast
Stan Laurel as Stan Oliver Hardy as Ollie James Finlayson as Ringmaster Billy Gilbert as Joe the Landlord Charles Gemora as Ethel the Chimp (uncredited) Dorothy Layton as Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited)
Crew
Richard C. Currier — Editor H.M. Walker — Writer Oliver Hardy — Writer Stan Laurel — Writer James Parrott — Writer Charley Rogers — Writer
Synopsis

Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.

Mood & Themes
circusgorillablack and whiteflea circusshort film
Key Collaborators
James Parrott Director Richard C. Currier Editor H.M. Walker Writer Oliver Hardy Writer Stan Laurel Writer James Parrott Writer Charley Rogers Writer Hal Roach Producer
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