The Chimp

Infobox Film
name = The Chimp


caption = Promotional shot for The Chimp
director = James Parrott
producer = Hal Roach
writer = H.M. Walker
starring = Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
music = Marvin Hatley
Leroy Shield
cinematography = Walter Lundin
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = May 21, 1932
runtime = 25 min
language = English
country = USA
budget =
preceded_by = "The Music Box"
followed_by = "County Hospital"
imdb_id = 0022759

"The Chimp" is a Laurel and Hardy short film made in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

The comedy duo are working at a circus. They first appear in a pantomime horse and then as assistants to Destructo a human cannon ball catcher. The circus goes bankrupt. The circus can't pay them their wages so Oliver is given a gorilla called Ethel and Stan a flea circus as a pay off. Despite the film name Ethel isn't a Chimpanzee. She is dressed in a ballet tutu and hat. Stan and Oliver need to find a room to stay in overnight and they go to a guest house. The landlord gives them a room but refuses to let Ethel stay. A lion named MGM after the MGM lion has escaped from the circus. Stan and Oliver try to smuggle Ethel into their room whilst avoiding MGM. They decide to leave Ethel outside for the night and go to bed. They sleep in the same bed as in all Laurel and Hardy films. Stan falls out of bed and decides to sleep in the spare bed. Ethel climbs in through the window and gets into bed with Oliver. Ethel steals the blanket from Oliver so he decides to use the spare bed as well as Stan. They both begin to itch and find that the flea circus has escaped into the bed. Another guest at the house puts some music on and Ethel begins to dance. The landlord has a wife called Ethel and when Oliver tells the gorilla to stop dancing the landlord thinks his wife is in the room with Stan and Oliver. The landlord confronts Stan and Oliver with a pistol. At the end the gorilla gets hold of the pistol and begins to shoot, scaring everyone out of the room.

Cast

* Stan Laurel (Himself)
* Oliver Hardy (Himself)
* Tiny Sandford (Destructo)
* Billy Gilbert (Landlord)
* Charles Gemora (Ethel the gorilla)
* Jimmy Finlayson (Ringmaster)
* Martha Sleeper (Ethel, landlords wife)
* Belle Hare (Laid-off Circus Performer)
* George Miller (Circus owner)
* Bobby Burns (Tenant)
* Jack Hill (Audience)
* Lois Laurel (Audience)
* Baldwin Cooke (minor role)
* Dorothy Layton (minor role)

See also

*Laurel and Hardy films
*Laurel and Hardy

External links

*imdb title|0022759