Bacon Grabbers

Bacon Grabbers
Bacon Grabbers
	Theatrical poster for Bacon Grabbers (1929)
Directed by	Lewis R. Foster
Written by	Leo McCarey; H.M. Walker
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy
Cinematography	George Stevens
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 19, 1929;
Running time	20 min.
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English (original intertitles)

Bacon Grabbers is a 1929 silent comedy short starring Laurel and Hardy.

Plot

Laurel and Hardy are employed as repossession men for the local sheriff's office. They are given the challenging task of repossessing a radio owned by Collis P. Kennedy, described as a tough customer, who has not paid any installments since 1921. Kennedy first chases Laurel and Hardy off his property with a toy bulldog. Then he barricades himself in his home, thwarting all efforts by the repo men to enter and recover the radio. When a wayward rifle shot by Kennedy knocks the top off a nearby fire hydrant and soaks a policeman, the cop investigates. Laurel and Hardy, with the officer's assistance, are finally permitted to enter Kennedy's house and take the radio. It is abandoned in the street, however, while Kennedy and the repo men exchange kicks. A steamroller from a construction site comes along and flattens the unattended radio. Moments later, Mrs. Kennedy arrives and happily tells her husband that she has paid the outstanding debt. The radio—now in pieces—is theirs. As Laurel and Hardy both laugh at Kennedy's misfortune, the steamroller returns and flattens their car too.

Notes

Jean Harlow, who was given star billing, appears on the screen as Mrs. Kennedy for only about 30 seconds at the end of the movie.

The title Bacon Grabbers was 1920s slang for "repo men."

The movie was filmed at 2980 Haddington Drive and 10341 Bannockburn Drive in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles.^[1]

Cast

Stan Laurel - Stan
Oliver Hardy - Ollie
Edgar Kennedy - Collis P. Kennedy
Jean Harlow - Mrs. Kennedy
Harry Bernard - Policeman
Eddie Baker - Sheriff
Bobby Dunn - Man on building site
Charlie Hall - Truck driver
Sam Lufkin - Man in sheriff's hat

References

^ The Movieland Directory: Nearly 30,000 Addresses of Celebrity Homes, Film Locations and Historical Sites in the Los Angeles Area, 1900-Present. McFarland. August 10, 2010. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-7864-4337-6.

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[1] The Movieland Directory: Nearly 30,000 Addresses of Celebrity Homes, Film Locations and Historical Sites in the Los Angeles Area, 1900-Present. McFarland. August 10, 2010. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-7864-4337-6.

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