Zenobia (1939)
She Brought a New Kind of Love to the South!
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
- Date of release
- 1939-04-21
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
Casting
- Oliver Hardy — Dr. Henry Tibbett
- Harry Langdon — Professor McCrackle
- Billie Burke — Mrs. Tibbett
- Alice Brady — Mrs. Carter
- James Ellison — Jeff Carter
- Jean Parker — Mary Tibbett
- June Lang — Virginia
- Olin Howland — Attorney Culpepper
- J. Farrell MacDonald — Judge
- Hattie McDaniel — Dehlia
- Bess Flowers — Wedding Guest
- Stepin Fetchit — Zero
Interesting facts
Zenobia is a 1939 comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit and Hattie McDaniel. The source of the film was the 1891 short story "Zenobia's Infidelity" by H. C. Bunner, which was originally purchased by producer Hal Roach as a vehicle for Roland Young.
Background
Zenobia is one of the few films after the teaming of Laurel and Hardy that features Hardy without Stan Laurel, the result of a contract dispute between Laurel and producer Hal Roach. Roach maintained separate contracts for each performer, rather than a team contract, which would have offered them more control over their careers.
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