Flying Elephants (1928)
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
- Date of release
- 1928-02-12
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Frank Butler, Hal Roach
Casting
- Stan Laurel — Little Twinkle Star
- Oliver Hardy — Mighty Giant
- James Finlayson — Saxophonus (uncredited)
- Edna Marion — Cavewoman (uncredited)
- Dorothy Coburn — Gorgeous Wrestler (uncredited)
- Viola Richard — Blushing Rose (uncredited)
- Fay Lanphier — Blonde Cavewoman (uncredited)
- Budd Fine — Hulking Caveman (uncredited)
- Tiny Sandford — Hulking Caveman (uncredited)
- Leo Willis — Fisherman (uncredited)
- Arthur Stanley — (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Flying Elephants is a two-reel silent film from 1928 directed by Frank Butler and co-written and produced by Hal Roach. It stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as a pair of battling cavemen.
Production and distribution
Although released in February 1928, Flying Elephants was actually filmed in May 1927, before the duo were established as a comedy team. As a result, the film lacks the Laurel and Hardy trademarks and consists mostly of solo performances by the two comedians.
Taking place entirely outdoors, the rocky desert locations were photographed in Moapa, Nevada. Some locations would later be used in 1940 for Hal Roach's prehistoric drama One Million B.C..
The title Flying Elephants refers to a scene where Hardy's character points out three animated pachyderms flying up above in the sky.
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