The Second Hundred Years (film)
- October 8, 1927 (1927-10-08)
The Second Hundred Years (a.k.a. The Second 100 Years) is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951.
Plot
Stan and Ollie are two inmates sharing a prison cell. Together, they devise a plan to escape by digging a tunnel. However, their escape attempt takes an unexpected turn when they accidentally emerge through the floor of the warden's office. After a brief pursuit, they are apprehended and returned to their cell.
Undeterred, Stan and Ollie disguise themselves as painters and exit the prison during a meal break, posing as members of a painting crew. As they paint everything in sight, including a parked car and a passerby, they attract the attention of a vigilant policeman. In a bid to evade capture, they hijack a limousine and don the evening attire of its occupants, who happen to be French prison officials visiting the governor.
Mistaken for the French dignitaries, Stan and Ollie attend a banquet hosted by the governor. Amidst comical mishaps, such as Stan's struggle with a wayward cherry, they manage to maintain their charade until they are recognized by their fellow inmates and the real French officials. A chase ensues, leading to their eventual return to prison.
Cast
- Stan Laurel as Little Goofy
- Oliver Hardy as Big Goofy
- Charlie Hall as Convict
- James Finlayson as Gov. Browne Van Dyke
- Otto Fries as Lecoque
- Rosemary Theby as Dinner Guest
- Ellinor Van der Veer as Countess de Cognac
- Dorothy Coburn as Flapper
- Tiny Sandford as Guard
- William Gillespie as Extra
- Frank Brownlee as Prison Warden
- Edgar Dearing as Officer
- Charles A. Bachman as Officer
- Bob O'Conor as Voitrex
- Eugene Pallette as Dinner Guest
Notes
- Laurel and Hardy's heads were shaved for their appearance in this film; their hair had not yet grown back in their roles in Max Davidson's Call Of The Cuckoo (1927), released a week after The Second Hundred Years.
- The Three Stooges would paint their prison uniforms black in 1941's So Long Mr. Chumps.[1]
The Sons of the Desert
Chapters of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, called "Tents", all take their names from Laurel and Hardy films; there is a The Second Hundred Years Tent on Long Island, New York.
References
- ^ Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 187. ISBN 0971186804.
External links
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- The Second Hundred Years at IMDb
- The Second Hundred Years at Rotten Tomatoes
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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- Pardon Us (1931)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
- Fra Diavolo / The Devil's Brother / Bogus Bandits (1933)
- Sons of the Desert (1933)
- Babes in Toyland (1934)
- Bonnie Scotland (1935)
- The Bohemian Girl (1936)
- Our Relations (1936)
- Way Out West (1937)
- Swiss Miss (1938)
- Block-Heads (1938)
- The Flying Deuces (1939)
- A Chump at Oxford (1940)
- Saps at Sea (1940)
- Great Guns (1941)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
- Air Raid Wardens (1943)
- Jitterbugs (1943)
- The Dancing Masters (1943)
- The Big Noise (1944)
- Nothing But Trouble (1944)
- The Bullfighters (1945)
- Atoll K / Utopia (1951)
- Combined filmography
- Stan Laurel filmography
- Oliver Hardy filmography
- Laurel and Hardy (animated TV series)
- The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy (1999)
- Stan & Ollie (2018)
- Music
- The Sons of the Desert
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