- One Good Turn (1931 film)
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For other uses of the term, see One Good Turn (disambiguation).
One Good Turn
Theatrical release posterDirected by James W. Horne Produced by Hal Roach Written by H.M. Walker Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver HardyMusic by Marvin Hatley
Leroy ShieldCinematography Art Lloyd Editing by Richard C. Currier Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) October 31, 1931 Running time 20:34 Country United States Language English One Good Turn is a 1931 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.
Contents
Plot
Stan and Ollie are victims of the Great depression and are begging for food. A friendly old lady provides them with some sandwiches. Enjoying their meal they hear that the old lady will be thrown out of her house because she is robbed and cannot pay her mortgage. They don't know that the old lady is rehearsing a play. Stan and Ollie decide to repay the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunken man (Billy Gilbert) puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of having robbed the old lady but when they return to the old lady's place they hear the truth. Stan takes revenge on Ollie in a violent way.
Quotes
- Ollie to the old lady: "We haven't tasted food in three whole days".
Stan:" Yesterday, today and tomorrow".
Cast
- Stan Laurel as Stanley
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie
- Mary Carr
- Jimmy Finlayson
- Gordon Douglas
- Billy Gilbert
- Dorothy Granger
- 'Snub' Pollard
- Lyle Tayo
Notes
Stan Laurel's daughter Lois was fearful of Oliver Hardy (known to her as "Uncle Babe") when her father was hit by Hardy in many Laurel and Hardy films. So, Laurel wrote a scene in which Hardy was hit by him.
External links
Laurel and Hardy filmography Articles Stan Laurel (filmography) • Oliver Hardy (filmography) • History (1925–36) & (1936–50) • Comic style • Music • The Sons of the DesertCollaborators Charlie Hall • James Finlayson • Hal Roach • James Parrott • Leo McCarey • H. M. Walker • James W. Horne • Leroy Shield • Marvin HatleyCategories:- 1931 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Laurel and Hardy (film series)
- Black-and-white films
- Short films
- 1930s comedy films
- Films directed by James W. Horne
- 1930s comedy film stubs
- Ollie to the old lady: "We haven't tasted food in three whole days".
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