''Along Came Auntie'' is a 1926 American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

featuring

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and Oliver Hardy.

Plot

Mrs Remington Chow is concealing her second marriage from her aunt in order to receive a large inheritance. She is in financial difficulties and is thinking of taking in lodgers again much to the dismay of the maid. A man comes to the door with a bulldog and demands she pays her debt. As the maid goes out the man slips in. Mr Chow comes back from holiday as her first husband is entertaining her with a violin. The debt collector is hiding in the piano. As he emerges he gets tangled in the fight between husbands. Aunt Alvira arrives. Mrs Chow says she is still married to Vincent. Mrs Chow says they are friends playing a rough game "Duck the Knob". Mrs Chow tells her husband to pretend to be the lodger. Auntie likes Vincent and sits on his knee. She spies Mrs Chow kissing who she thinks is the lodger and gets Vincent to interject. Mr Chow gets his gun.

History and preservation status

This two-reel film was released on July 25, 1926. The film survives complete at the

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Cast

as Mr. Chow, the 2nd husband *

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as Mrs. Remington Chow, the wife * Oliver Hardy as Mr. Vincent Belcher, the first husband *

Tyler Brooke Tyler Brooke (born Victor Hugo de Bierre, June 6, 1886 – March 2, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California by committi ...

as The Under-Sheriff *

Martha Sleeper Martha Sleeper (June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983) was a film actress of the 1920s–1930s and, later, a Broadway stage actress. She studied dancing for five years with Russian ballet master, Louis H. Chalif, at his New York dancing studio. ...

as Marie, the maid * Lucy Beaumont as Aunt Alvira

References

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* {{Richard Wallace 1926 films American silent short films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films 1926 short films Films directed by Fred Guiol Films directed by Richard Wallace American comedy short films 1926 comedy films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films

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