The Battle Royal

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The Battle Royal
Full film
Directed byWill Louis
Produced byLouis Burstein
Starring Oliver Hardy
Release date
  • April 13, 1916 (1916-04-13)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Battle Royal is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy teamed here with Billy Ruge in the "Plump and Runt" Vim Studios comedy series.

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Plot

In the hills of Kentucky, the Plumps and the Runts are neighbors and bootleggers. Peter Plump (Oliver "Babe" Hardy) is in love with one of the Runts, and her brother (Billy Ruge) is in love with one of the Plumps. Peter and his future brother-in-law go fishing and hook the same fish which starts a fight over whose it is. The fracas escalates, and soon the two families are shooting at each other. Then government revenue agents arrive and both families join together to run off the common enemy.

Cast

Theatrical release

Vim Comedies [1] 1-reel (approx 13 minutes) Silent / B&W

Home Video

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Battle Royal (Short 1916) - Reference view - IMDb". IMDb .
  2. ↑ MacGillivray, Scott (2004). Castle Films: A Hobbyists's Guide. iUniverse. ISBN   978-0-595-32491-0.


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