Putting Pants on Philip

Putting Pants on Philip
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Directed by	Clyde Bruckman
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	H.M. Walker
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Cinematography	George Stevens
Editing by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	December 3, 1927 (1927-12-03)
Running time	19 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Putting Pants On Philip is a silent short film starring American comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, their first to bill them as an official team. The duo appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1950.

Plot

Piedmont Mumblethunder (Hardy) is embarrassed at the effeminacy of his kilt-wearing Scottish nephew Philip (Laurel).

Production

Although this was their first "official" film as a team, the iconic Stan and Ollie characters and costumes had yet to become a permanent fixture. Their first appearance as the now familiar "Stan and Ollie" characters was in The Second Hundred Years, directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey, who suggested that the performers be teamed permanently.

The film was partially shot at the historic Culver Hotel.

Cast

• Stan Laurel - Philip
• Oliver Hardy - Piedmont J. Mumblethunder
• Charles A. Bachman - Officer
• Ed Brandenberg - Bus conductor
• Harvey Clark - Tailor
• Dorothy Coburn - Girl chased by Philip
• Sam Lufkin - Ship's doctor
• Don Bailey
• Chet Brandenburg
• Alfred Fisher
• Jack Hill
• Eric Mack
• Bob O'Connor
• Retta Palmer
• Lee Phelps
• Heath Parks

References

• Everson, William K. The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy. New York: Citadel, 2000, 1967. ISBN 0-8065-0146-4. (First book-length examination of the individual films)

External links

• Putting Pants on Philip at the Internet Movie Database
• Putting Pants on Philip at AllRovi
• Putting Pants on Philip at Rotten Tomatoes