| Duck Soup | |
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 Theatrical poster for Duck Soup (1927) |
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| Directed by | Fred Guiol |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | Arthur J. Fred Guiol ( 17 February 1898 - 23 May 1964) was an American Film director and Screenwriter. Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr ( January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and Jefferson (play) H.M. Walker (titles) |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange Inc. |
| Release date(s) | March 13, 1927 |
| Running time | 20 min. Harley M "Beanie" Walker ( June 27, 1885 &ndash June 23, 1937) was a member of the Hal Roach movie production Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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- For other meanings see Duck Soup (disambiguation). English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
Duck Soup was a short silent film made by Hal Roach Studios in 1927. Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr ( January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany It was the first occasion Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appeared together on screen at Hal Roach Studios. Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor It was considered a lost film for nearly fifty years, until a print was discovered in 1974. A lost film is a Feature film or Short film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. It was previously thought by film scholars that the comedians barely shared any scenes, if any at all, but in fact they appear as a team throughout the entire picture, albeit rather primitively, dressed in tramp costuming, with Hardy sporting an unshaven chin and top hat. In the next few films, Laurel and Hardy were together as separate performers and not working as a double act, before their potential as a team was used again, notably in Do Detectives Think?. Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 A double act, also known as a Comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners usually of the same Do Detectives Think? is a short Silent film made by the Hal Roach Studios in 1927, featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
The film was directed by Fred Guiol but a more important contribution was noted by the films' supervising director, Leo McCarey, the man who probably more than anyone else at Roach saw the greatest possibilities for Laurel and Hardy as a comedy team. Fred Guiol ( 17 February 1898 - 23 May 1964) was an American Film director and Screenwriter. Thomas Leo McCarey ( October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director McCarey later used the same title for the classic Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup he directed at Paramount in 1933. The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedians who appeared in Vaudeville, stage plays film and television Duck Soup is a Marx Brothers Anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The sketch on which the film was based was written by Stan Laurel's father, Arthur J. Jefferson.
It was remade three years later as Another Fine Mess. Another Fine Mess is a 1930 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.
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External links
- Duck Soup at the Internet Movie Database
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