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Chickens Come Home

  • 1931
  • Passed
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.8K
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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Chickens Come Home (1931)
SitcomSlapstickComedyFamilyShort

Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.

  • Director
    • James W. Horne
  • Writers
    • H.M. Walker
    • Oliver Hardy
    • James W. Horne
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Mae Busch
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • James W. Horne
    • Writers
      • H.M. Walker
      • Oliver Hardy
      • James W. Horne
    • Stars
      • Stan Laurel
      • Oliver Hardy
      • Mae Busch
    • 28User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    • Mr. Laurel
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Mr. Oliver Hardy
    Mae Busch
    Mae Busch
    • Ollie's Old Flame
    • (uncredited)
    Baldwin Cooke
    Baldwin Cooke
    • Office Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Gordon Douglas
    Gordon Douglas
    • Passerby Outside Apartment
    • (uncredited)
    Norma Drew
    Norma Drew
    • Mrs. Laurel
    • (uncredited)
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    • Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Elizabeth Forrester
    • Passerby Outside Apartment
    • (uncredited)
    Charles K. French
    Charles K. French
    • Judge
    • (uncredited)
    Clara Guiol
    Clara Guiol
    • Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Holliday
    Frank Holliday
    • Mr. Holliday
    • (uncredited)
    Ham Kinsey
    Ham Kinsey
    • Mr. Kinsey
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Dorothy Layton
    Dorothy Layton
    • Office Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Venice Lloyd
    • Office Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Minford
    • Doorman
    • (uncredited)
    Patsy O'Byrne
    Patsy O'Byrne
    • Busybody
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude Pedlar
    • Judge's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Rice
    Frank Rice
    • Hardy's Dinner Servant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • James W. Horne
    • Writers
      • H.M. Walker
      • Oliver Hardy
      • James W. Horne
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      'Chickens Come Home' is a "three-reel' sound remake of the two-reel silent, 'Love 'Em And Weep' from 1927, which was also made at the Hal Roach Studios. Oliver Hardy (who had a bit part as a judge in the silent) plays the featured part, which was originally played by James Finlayson in the silent version. Finlayson is relegated to the small part of the butler in the sound version. Stan Laurel and Mae Busch play the same parts in both films.
    • Goofs
      (At around 3 mins) The camera is on the notepad and the pencil that Laurel is holding breaks. We can see that Laurel only squiggled on the notepad rather than writing the words Hardy had told him to write. Those "squiggles" are in fact Shorthand, an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to a more common method of writing a language. Shorthand was used more widely in the past, before the invention of recording and dictation machines.
    • Quotes

      Stanley: Do you mind if I smoke?

      Ollie's blackmailer: I don't care if you burn up!

    • Alternate versions
      The version of this film available on DVD is a mediocre Film Classics reissue print in which the original MGM credits have been replaced and the title of the film is absent. The computer-colorized version features the original credits minus the MGM lion. The Spanish language version, "Politiquerías", features the full MGM credits and the lion as well.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Politiquerías (1931)
    • Soundtracks
      Somebody's Coming to My House
      (1913) (uncredited)
      Written by Irving Berlin
      Performed by Oliver Hardy

    User reviews28

    Featured review
    10/10

    Blackmailing Business With Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy

    A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Short.

    It's CHICKENS COME HOME to roost when a crazy lady from Ollie's past shows up to blackmail him just as he is to receive the nomination for mayor. When she threatens to disrupt a dinner party at his home, Ollie sends Stan to distract her. That's when the trouble really starts...

    This is a hilarious little film, with the Boys & Mae Busch, as the frantic female, at their best. Lots of laughs. That's Thelma Todd as Mrs. Hardy, Norma Drew as Mrs. Laurel, Patsy O'Byrne as the busybody & the long-suffering James Finlayson as Ollie's butler.
    • Ron Oliver
    • Apr 7, 2000
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    • Release date
      • February 21, 1931 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chicken Come Home
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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