''Angora Love'' is the final
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
made by
Laurel and Hardy, released on December 14, 1929.
This was Laurel and Hardy's final silent film. It was released late in 1929 when most Hollywood studios had fully converted to sound productions.
Plot
A stray goat wanders away from a pet store and attaches itself to Laurel and Hardy after they kindly feed her doughnuts. The goat follows them everywhere. They are forced to bring it into their apartment and are not particularly effective at hiding it from their suspicious and outraged landlord. The comedy culminates with a hilarious water fight involving Stan and Ollie, the landlord, a fellow tenant, and a policeman. The policeman arrests the landlord and Stan & Ollie seem victorious..
Cast
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Stan Laurel as Stan
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Oliver Hardy as Ollie
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Harry Bernard
Harry Bernard (January 13, 1878 – November 4, 1940) was an American actor and comedian best remembered for his appearance in numerous comedy films by Mack Sennett and Hal Roach.
Harry Bernard appeared in over 150 films between 1915 and 1940, ...
as Policeman
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Charlie Hall as Neighbor
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Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic character actor who appeared in at least 500 films during the silent and sound eras. Professionally, he was known as "Slow Burn", owing to his ability to por ...
as Landlord
*Charley Young as Mr. Caribeau
Notes
Several jokes would be recycled in ''
Laughing Gravy
''Laughing Gravy'' is a 1931 short film comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Synopsis
On a snowy winter night, Laurel and Hardy try to keep their p ...
'' and ''
The Chimp''. The foot rubbing gag was re-used in ''
Beau Hunks''
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TITLE CARD:"They lost the goat once.But it caught up with them in Saint Paul,Minnesota".
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See also
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Laurel and Hardy filmography
References
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1929 films
1929 comedy films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
Short films directed by Lewis R. Foster
Laurel and Hardy (film series)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
1929 short films
Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker
American comedy short films
1920s American films
Silent American comedy films
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