Big Business (1929 film)
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| Big Business | |
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 Theatrical poster for Big Business (1929) |
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| Directed by | James W. Horne Leo McCarey |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | H.M. Walker (titles) |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Jimmy Finlayson Charlie Hall Retta Palmer Tiny Sandford Lyle Tayo |
| Editing by | Richard C. Currier (as Richard Currier) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | April 20, 1929 |
| Running time | 19 min. |
| Language | Silent film English (Original intertitles) |
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Big Business is a 1929 silent Laurel and Hardy comedy short subject directed by James W. Horne and supervised by Leo McCarey from a McCarey (uncredited) and H. M. Walker script. The film was deemed culturally significant and entered into the United States National Film Registry in 1992.
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[edit] Plot
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson and eventually destroy his home while being observed by taciturn police officer Tiny Sandford.
[edit] Trivia
- Hal Roach bought a house from a studio worker which would be destroyed in the film. According to Roach, the cast and crew destroyed the house next door instead by accident during filming, but Stan Laurel said this was a fabrication.
- It is the second highest rated Laurel and Hardy film on the Internet Movie Database. Number one is The Music Box.
- Ollie cries as well as Stan.
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