The Chimp (1932)
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have been working for a circus as two halves of an ersatz horse. When the circus closes, in lieu of pay, each employee gets a portion of the show. Stan gets the flea circus and Ollie gets Ethel the chimp. They try to check into a boarding house, but the proprietor (Billy… More Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have been working for a circus as two halves of an ersatz horse. When the circus closes, in lieu of pay, each employee gets a portion of the show. Stan gets the flea circus and Ollie gets Ethel the chimp. They try to check into a boarding house, but the proprietor (Billy Gilbert) -- who also has a wife named Ethel -- turns the chimp away. To get her in, the boys dress her in Ollie's clothes, while Ollie puts on her tutu. After the usual Laurel and Hardy confusion, they all wind up in the same room together -- Stan and Ollie, sharing a bed, unfortunately, with the flea circus. Someone in another room puts on some music; Ethel, overhearing it, starts to dance. The boys start yelling at Ethel, and the boarding house proprietor, thinking it is his wife, dashes in brandishing a gun. Ethel, the wife, actually does walk in, but runs off when she sees the chimp. Ethel, the chimp, gets ahold of the gun, and Stan, Ollie, and the proprietor take off, too. This is a loose variant on the same situation that drives two other Laurel and Hardy shorts, 1929's Angora Love and 1931's Laughing Gravy. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Parrott
- Genres
- Comedy, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 21, 1932 Wide
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Cast
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James Finlayson
as Ringmaster
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Charles Gemora
as Ethyl the chimp
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Billy Gilbert
as Landlord
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Oliver Hardy
as Oliver
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Martha Sleeper
as Landlord's wife
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Jack Hill
as Circus audience member
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Stan Laurel
as Stanley
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George Miller
as Circus owner
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Robert "Bobby" Burns
as Tenant
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Stanley "Tiny" Sandford
as Destructo
