Slipping Wives
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| Slipping Wives | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Fred Guiol |
| Written by | Hal Roach (story) H.M. Walker (titles) |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Priscilla Dean Oliver Hardy Stan Laurel Herbert Rawlinson Albert Conti |
| Cinematography | George Stevens |
| Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Slipping Wives is a 1927 American silent short comedy film starring Priscilla Dean, Stan Laurel, and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy.[1] The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. Priscilla Dean was a popular silent film star.
Plot[edit]
Priscilla is married to an artist named Leon. However Leon has not been showing much interest in his wife, so she hatches a plot to win back his affections. Ollie plays the butler. Stan arrives at the door to sell paint and has a fight with Ollie. Priscilla employs Stan to "make love to her" and ensure Leon becomes jealous. Ollie has to wash and dress Stan and make him look presentable enough to fool Leon at a dinner party that night. Priscilla admits to Leon what she has done and he pulls a gun to teach the 'home-wrecker' a lesson. Leon corners Stan and admits he is just acting to make Priscilla think he's really jealous. Ollie does not realise this and he chases Stan out of the house with a rifle. Ollie returns looking shaken. A police officer follows him and says "You nearly blew my brains out". Leon and Priscilla hug.
Cast[edit]
- Priscilla Dean as Wife
- Oliver Hardy as Butler
- Stan Laurel as Ferdinand Flamingo
- Herbert Rawlinson as Husband
- Albert Conti as Hon. Winchester Squirtz
Partial remake[edit]
Slipping Wives was later reworked into the team's penultimate short film The Fixer Uppers, made in 1935.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Slipping Wives at silentera.com
- ^ Everson, William K. (1967). The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy. New York City: Citadel Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-8065-0146-4.
External links[edit]
- Slipping Wives at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Slipping Wives at Rotten Tomatoes
- Fritzi Krammer, Slipping Wives (1927): A Silent Film Review
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- 1927 films
- 1927 comedy films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Fred Guiol
- Laurel and Hardy (film series)
- Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker
- 1927 short films
- American comedy short films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American comedy films
- Short silent comedy film stubs