They Go Boom
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| They Go Boom | |
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 Theatrical poster for They Go Boom (1929) |
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| Directed by | James Parrott |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | Leo McCarey (story) H.M. Walker |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charlie Hall Sam Lufkin |
| Music by | William Axt S. Williams |
| Cinematography | Art Lloyd George Stevens |
| Editing by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | September 21, 1929 |
| Running time | 20 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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They Go Boom is a 1929 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.
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[edit] Plot details
Laurel & Hardy try to sleep in a room-for-rent. Hardy, suffering from a cold, coughs frequently, while Laurel snores. Both of them have trouble falling asleep because of this. They try to solve their problems, but this results in total chaos. The owner of the room (played by Charlie Hall) threatens to throw them out. When the duo is back in their room, their air mattress is filled up accidentally with gass and blown up so big that Stan and Ollie are pressed against the ceiling. After they've realised the trouble they're in, they start to panick, at which point the hotel owner and a police officer enter the room. Oliver sneezes and the mattress explodes!
[edit] Trivia
- For years the film was thought to be lost, because the film negatives of the Hal Roach studio were gone due to old age. The film was rediscovered several decades later.
- Marshal Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, a fan of the duo, owned a 35 mm copy of the film.
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