The Chimp (1932)
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
- Date of release
- 1932-05-21
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (53)
- Runtime
- 25m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- James Parrott
Casting
- Stan Laurel — Stan
- Oliver Hardy — Ollie
- James Finlayson — Ringmaster (uncredited)
- Billy Gilbert — Joe the Landlord (uncredited)
- Charles Gemora — Ethel the Chimp (uncredited)
- Dorothy Layton — Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Chimp is a Laurel and Hardy short film made in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The second half of the film is a reworking from their last silent film Angora Love (1929), itself reworked into a short film the previous year, Laughing Gravy (1931).
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