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| Beauties in Distress | |
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| Directed by | Charley Chase |
| Written by | Billy West |
| Produced by | Louis Burstein |
| Starring | Billy West Oliver Hardy |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Beauties in Distress is a 1918 American comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
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Oliver Norvell Hardy was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film, Outwitting Dad, in 1914. In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as Babe Hardy.
Unaccustomed As We Are is the first sound film comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, released on May 4, 1929.
45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926) is an American two-reel silent film released by Pathé Exchange. The runtime is 15 minutes.
Billy West was a film actor, producer, and director. Active during the silent film era, he is best known as a semi-successful Charlie Chaplin impersonator. Beyond acting, he also directed shorts in the 1910s and 20s, as well as produced films. West ultimately retired in 1935.
Dreamy Knights is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The Slave is a 1917 American silent comedy film starring Billy West and featuring Oliver Hardy. It was unusual for a silent film in that, because it told its story so plainly, subtitles or intertitles were not considered necessary. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
The Stranger is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Prints of this film survive in private collections and it has been released on DVD.
Bright and Early is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. This short is preserved in the Library of Congress's collection.
His Day Out is a surviving 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The Orderly is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The Scholar is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The Messenger is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The Handy Man is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The Straight and Narrow is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
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Hello Trouble is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Like many American films of the time, Hello Trouble was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 2, of eight scenes with a couple in a sliding bed.
Painless Love is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
The King of the Kitchen is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Agnes Christine Johnston was an American screenwriter who wrote for more than 80 films between 1915 and 1948.
Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Jeff Pope. Based on the later years of the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The film focuses on details of the comedy duo's personal relationship while relating how they embarked on a gruelling music hall tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland during 1953 and struggled to get another film made.