The Chimp
1932 | 25m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | James Parrott |
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| Writer: | James Parrott, H.M. Walker, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Rogers |
| Staring: |
| Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues. | |
| Release Date: | May 21, 1932 |
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| Director: | James Parrott |
| Writer: | James Parrott, H.M. Walker, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Rogers |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | circus, gorilla, black and white, flea circus, short film |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hal Roach Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stan Laurel | Stan |
| Oliver Hardy | Ollie |
| James Finlayson | Ringmaster |
| Billy Gilbert | Joe the Landlord |
| Charles Gemora | Ethel the Chimp (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Layton | Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Parrott | Writer, Director |
| H.M. Walker | Writer |
| Richard C. Currier | Editor |
| Elmer Raguse | Sound |
| Stan Laurel | Writer |
| Jack Roach | Casting |
| Oliver Hardy | Writer |
| Charley Rogers | Writer |
| Walter Lundin | Cinematography |
| Walt Eufel | Music |
| Marvin Hatley | Music |
| John Klohr | Music |
| Leroy Shield | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal Roach | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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talisencrw
9.0
This was a very enjoyable romp in which Laurel and Hardy drive a circus into bankruptcy, are paid a flea circus and a chimp instead of their wages, and are endangered by a jealous hotel owner who just happens to get their chimp confused with his errant wife of the same name. Essential comedy from th ... e 30's.
Jun 23, 2021