Putting Pants on Philip
Also known as Mon neveu l’écossais in France; Pue pöksyt Philipin päälle in Finland; Der Jüngling aus der Fremde in Germany; Metti i pantaloni a Philip in Italy; His Kitty Conscience in the United Kingdom
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Stan Laurel [Philip], Oliver Hardy [J. Piedmont Mumblethunder], Harvey Clark [the tailor], Dorothy Coburn [the girl chased by Philip], Sam Lufkin [the ship’s doctor], [?] Chester A. Bachman? [a policeman], [?] Venice Lloyd? [the woman in the cloche hat], [?] Ed Brandenburg? [the bus conductor], [?] Don Bailey?, Chet Brandenburg?, Alfred Fisher?, [?] Jack Hill?, [?] Eric Mack?, [?] Tom Mintz?, [?] Bob O’Conor (Bob O’Connor)?, [?] Retta Palmer?, [?] Lee Phelps?
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Hal Roach. From a screen story by Leo McCarey. Production supervised by Leo McCarey. Cinematography by George Stevens. Film editor, Richard C. Currier. Intertitles written by H.M. Walker. / © 3 January 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP25206]. Released 3 December 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in August 1927. Several other later produced L&H shorts were released before this production. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 August 2023.
References: Everson-American p. 278; Kerr-Silent p. 323; Lahue-World p. 139; Skretvedt-Magic pp. 99, 104, 107, 434 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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