Double Whoopee
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Double Whoopee | |
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Theatrical poster for Double Whoopee (1929) |
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Directed by | Lewis R. Foster |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Written by | Leo McCarey (story) H.M. Walker (titles) |
Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Jean Harlow Ed Brandenberg William Gillespie Charlie Hall Hans Joby Ham Kinsey Sam Lufkin Charley Rogers Tiny Sandford Rolfe Sedan |
Cinematography | Jack Roach George Stevens |
Editing by | Richard C. Currier |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date(s) | May 18, 1929 |
Running time | 20 min. |
Language | Silent; English (Original titles) |
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Double Whoopee is a Laurel and Hardy short made in 1929. They play the roles of a footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel) at an upper class hotel. Jean Harlow also makes a brief appearance in this film, as a blonde bombshell who gets partially stripped by Laurel & Hardy. One of the funnier scenes is one with an automatic elevator. A haughty prince tries to get on the elevator from the first floor. Simultaneously Oliver summons the elevator. For some reason the outer doors don't close and when the prince (who has been busy giving a speech) tries to step in, he falls into the elevator well. Oliver rides down in the elevator and disappears. The prince is pulled out of the well, all dishevelled and dirty. He tries it again. This time Stan summons the elevator and the whole thing repeats.