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  Edgar Kennedy (left), Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
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Leave ’em Laughing
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Clyde Bruckman

Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy [the policeman], Charlie Hall, Viola Richards, Dorothy Coburn, Jack V. Lloyd

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / From a screen story by Hal Roach. Production supervised by Leo McCarey. Cinematography by George Stevens. Film editor, Richard C. Currier. Intertitles written by Reed Heustis. Presented by Hal Roach. / © 9 January 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP24847]. Released 28 January 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: A Little Laughing Gas. The production was shot in October 1927. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Stan has a toothache, Ollie attempts to extract it. The boys then go to a dentist. Ollie’s tooth is extracted instead. Still under the influence of laughing gas, Stan and Ollie cause a traffic jam.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dentists - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Toothaches

Listing updated: 4 September 2017.

References: Sinyard-Silent p. 49; Skretvedt-Magic pp. 110-112, 174, 203, 434.

Home video: DVD.

 
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