Archive for the '1924' Category

Laurel in the Saddle: Film #196 - West of Hot Dog (1924)

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Viewed July 15, 2006
West of Hot Dog is Stan Laurel’s parody of the 1922 film West of the Pecos. It follows the travails of a young “tenderfoot” who travels to the West to claim his inheritance from a deceased uncle. Along the way, he runs afoul of a group of bandits determined to […]

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Film #175 - Kid Speed (1924)

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Viewed June 24, 2006
Kid Speed is another entry featuring Oliver Hardy from his days languishing as a character actor, bouncing from film to film, usually in the role of the heavy. This one revolves around two racecar drivers, The Speed Kid (Larry Semon) and Dangerous Dan McGraw (Hardy). Not only do they compete […]

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