Duck Soup
To flee from a tireless Forest Ranger, the shabby vagrants, Stan and Ollie, find refuge at a colonel's mansion that is vacant for the weekend. Soon, a couple of newly-weds arrive in hopes of renting the manor. Where is the rightful owner?
- Rated
- Passed
- Runtime
- 20m
- Released
- 1927
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1927
Storyline
To flee from a tireless Forest Ranger, the shabby vagrants, Stan and Ollie, find refuge at a colonel's mansion that is vacant for the weekend. Soon, a couple of newly-weds arrive in hopes of renting the manor. Where is the rightful owner?
Top credits
Stan Laurel — Stan Laurel aka Agnes
Oliver Hardy — Oliver Hardy aka Colonel Buckshot
Madeline Hurlock — Lady Tarbotham
William Austin — Lord Tarbotham
Did you know
• Lost for some 50 years after its cinema screenings until a copy turned up in a Belgian archive in 1974.
• Duck Soup is American slang for something that is easy to do.
• Stan Laurel originally cast a Roach company stock player named Syd Crossley to play Oliver Hardy's part. For unknown reasons, Crossley failed to make the transition from script to screen.
User reviews
Virtually the first Laurel and Hardy film
"Would you mind showing me the bedroom?"
First Movie Laurel and Hardy Appeared Together For A Lengthy Period of Time
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Silent, Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
