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Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.
Mae Busch
- Ollie's Old Flame
- (uncredited)
Baldwin Cooke
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Gordon Douglas
- Passerby Outside Apartment
- (uncredited)
Norma Drew
- Mrs. Laurel
- (uncredited)
James Finlayson
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Forrester
- Passerby Outside Apartment
- (uncredited)
Charles K. French
- Judge
- (uncredited)
Clara Guiol
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Frank Holliday
- Mr. Holliday
- (uncredited)
Ham Kinsey
- Mr. Kinsey
- (uncredited)
- …
Dorothy Layton
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Venice Lloyd
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
Bob Minford
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
- Busybody
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Pedlar
- Judge's Wife
- (uncredited)
Frank Rice
- Hardy's Dinner Servant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Oliver Hardy(uncredited)
- James W. Horne(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia'Chickens Come Home' is a "three-reel' sound remake of the two-reel silent, 'Love 'Em And Weep' from 1927, which was also made at the Hal Roach Studios. Oliver Hardy (who had a bit part as a judge in the silent) plays the featured part, which was originally played by James Finlayson in the silent version. Finlayson is relegated to the small part of the butler in the sound version. Stan Laurel and Mae Busch play the same parts in both films.
- GoofsIn the colorized version, at the start Ollie is looking at his photo in the paper. The photo has also been colorized for an age when no color photographs would have appeared in the papers.
- Quotes
Stanley: Do you mind if I smoke?
Ollie's blackmailer: I don't care if you burn up!
- Alternate versionsThe version of this film available on DVD is a mediocre Film Classics reissue print in which the original MGM credits have been replaced and the title of the film is absent. The computer-colorized version features the original credits minus the MGM lion. The Spanish language version, "Politiquerías", features the full MGM credits and the lion as well.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Politiquerías (1931)
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Yet another great memorable Laurel & Hardy short!
"Chickens Come Home" truly is among the best of the Laurel & Hardy shorts. The story is very simple but gives the boys lots of opportunity to show their silly antics. The end result is a simple but very hilarious movie.
The movie is filled with many humorous moments. Especially the ending is an hilarious, as well as a memorable one. It's a very consistent, constantly funny comedy short in which Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are at their best and in the prime of their careers.
Lot's of Laurel & Hardy regulars also show up again in this movie. Especially notable is James Finlayson as Oliver's butler. He is fantastic and absolutely hilarious in his role. As always, he doesn't try to steal the show but he unwillingly still does so. Other notable regulars in the movie are; Mae Busch and Baldwin Cooke, among others.
Among their very best work and therefor also simply a must-see for the Laurel & Hardy fans!
8/10
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The movie is filled with many humorous moments. Especially the ending is an hilarious, as well as a memorable one. It's a very consistent, constantly funny comedy short in which Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are at their best and in the prime of their careers.
Lot's of Laurel & Hardy regulars also show up again in this movie. Especially notable is James Finlayson as Oliver's butler. He is fantastic and absolutely hilarious in his role. As always, he doesn't try to steal the show but he unwillingly still does so. Other notable regulars in the movie are; Mae Busch and Baldwin Cooke, among others.
Among their very best work and therefor also simply a must-see for the Laurel & Hardy fans!
8/10
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- Mar 15, 2006
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