DOUBLE WHOOPEE (1929) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Jean Harlow |Comedy, Short | Silent | Free Movie

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Double Whoopee is a 1929 Hal Roach Studios silent short comedy starring Laurel and Hardy.[1] It was shot during February 1929 and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 18.

Synopsis:

A hotel reception awaits an important guest - a Germanic prince referred to as His Highness and his prime minister. These disembark from their car just as Laurel and Hardy arrive. However, the Von Stroheim style prince starts a prolonged preening process on his white Prussian military uniform. Hotel staff presume Hardy is the prince and a crowd gathers as they sign the register.

Laurel and Hardy eventually show their letter of introduction - they have come to work as staff, and play the roles of a footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel) at a swanky Broadway 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 disheveled and dirty. He tries it again. This time Stan summons the elevator and the whole thing repeats.

Once on their outside duties, Ollie becomes enamored of his new whistle, not knowing you only blow it to summon a taxicab. Cabbie Charlie Hall is displeased to find no fare waiting, resulting in a uniform-tearing fight.

Cast & Crew:

Stan Laurel – Stanley
Oliver Hardy – Ollie
Jean Harlow – swanky blonde
Ed Brandenburg – bellhop
William Gillespie – hotel manager
Charlie Hall – cab driver
Hans Joby – prince
Ham Kinsey – cab driver
Sam Lufkin – man poked in eye
Charley Rogers – prime minister
Tiny Sandford – policeman
Rolfe Sedan – desk clerk

Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
Written by: Leo McCarey (story), H. M. Walker (intertitles)
Produced by: Hal Roach
Cinematography: Jack Roach, George Stevens
Edited by: Richard C. Currier
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates:
May 18, 1929 (silent film version)

1969 (talkie version)
Running time: 18:59
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English (original intertitles)