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Oliver the Eighth (1934)

NR · 1934-01-13 · 27m · EN
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Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.

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Lloyd FrenchDirector

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Stan LaurelStan LaurelStanOliver HardyOliver HardyOllieMae BuschMae BuschWidowJack BartyJack BartyJitters the butler

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Black and whiteShort film

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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityBlack And White · Short FilmDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference478096Actor preference337270 · 340183 · 340184

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Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.

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Oliver the Eighth has a runtime of 27 minutes.

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