Unaccustomed As We Are

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Unaccustomed As We Are

Theatrical poster for Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Hal Roach
Produced by Hal Roach
Written by Leo McCarey (story)
H.M. Walker
Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Edgar Kennedy
Mae Busch
Thelma Todd
Cinematography John MacBurnie
Len Powers
Jack Roach
George Stevens
Editing by Richard C. Currier
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) May 4, 1929
Running time 18 min. (silent version)
20:44 (sound version)
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
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Unaccustomed As We Are, was a 1929 comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, also featuring Mae Busch, in the first of several appearances as Mrs Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, and Thelma Todd. It is notable for being Laurel and Hardy's first sound film (hence the title, drawn from the popular cliché "Unaccustomed as we are to public speaking ..."). The soundtrack was lost for fifty years until it was traced on disc in the late 1970s.

In the opening scene, Laurel and Hardy speak their very first lines in film. Hardy's first line is "And we'll have a nice thick steak, smothered with onions..." Stan's first line is "Any nuts?" Stan's fondness for nuts came up in subsequent films, including "County Hospital" (1932) and "Oliver the Eighth" (1934).

This is the first film in which Hardy says to Laurel, "Why don't you do something to help me!" which immediately became a catch-phrase, repeated in numerous subsequent films.

The plot of "Unaccustomed As We Are" was expanded into a full-length feature, "Blockheads" in 1938.

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