The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century

Infobox Film
name = Battle of the Century


caption = Theatrical poster for "Battle of the Century" (1927)
director = Clyde Bruckman
producer = Hal Roach
writer = Hal Roach
H.M. Walker
starring = Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
music =
cinematography =
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = December 31, 1927
runtime = 19 min.
language = Silent film
English intertitles
country = USA
budget =
preceded_by = "Putting Pants on Philip"
followed_by = "Leave 'Em Laughing"
imdb_id = 0017664
amg_id = 1:141052

"The Battle of the Century" is a 1927 Hal Roach two-reeler starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, who, although just teamed, had yet to take on their recognisable Stan and Ollie characters on a more or less permanent basis. A young Lou Costello can be seen in an early scene as a member of the audience at the prize-fight mentioned in the film's title. The film is most noted for the final sequence - a wonderfully-choreographed custard pie fight - that utilized an entire day's output of the Los Angeles Pie Company. One of the scene's most memorable moments occurs when the always-elegant Anita Garvin slips on a pie and lands on it, sitting down firmly. As she rises and shakes her leg to dislodge whatever was adhering to her, her body language and facial expression make it clear that she suspects the worst of the soft, sticky substance that she landed in.

Trivia

For many years, footage from the famous climatic pie fight was known to be the only extant material from the film until the opening reel (featuring a boxing match) turned up in the 1970s. The sequence involving Eugene Pallette is still lost, as is the very final gag where a cop gets a pie in his face and promptly chases Stan and Ollie down the street.

See also

* 1927 in film
* Laurel and Hardy films

Cast

Jack Adams
Ed Brandenburg

Dorothy Coburn

George B. French

Anita Garvin

Dick Gilbert

Charlie Hall

Jack Hill

Ham Kinsey

Sam Lufkin

Gene Morgan

Bob O'Connor

Eugene Pallette

Bert Roach

Dick Sutherland

Lyle Tayo

Ellinor Vanderveer

Dorothea Wolbert

Charley Young

Noah Young
Lou Costello (extra)

External links

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