The Lucky Dog (1921 film)

The Lucky Dog
Theatrical poster to The Lucky Dog (1921)
Directed by	Jess Robbins
Produced by	Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Florence Gillet Jack Lloyd
Cinematography	Irving G. Ries
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date(s)	Unknown, possibly 1921.^[1]
Running time	24 minutes
Country	USA
Language	Silent film English (Original intertitles)
Followed by	Duck Soup

The Lucky Dog (1921) is the first film to include both members of the famous comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, later known as Laurel and Hardy and is the first occasion that they worked together.^[2] Though they appear in scenes together, they play independent of each other and not as the comedic team that they would later become. The film was shot as two reels,^[3] but some versions end abruptly after the first reel where Stan is robbed by Ollie.^[4]

1 Plot
2 Production and release date
3 Cast
4 References
5 External links

Plot

Stan plays the hapless hero, who after being thrown out onto the street for not paying his rent, is befriended by a stray dog. The dog and Stan then bump into Oliver (playing a robber) who is holding someone up. Oliver, who in the process has accidentally placed his victim’s money into Stans back pocket, turns from his first victim (who runs off) to rob Stan. Oliver then steals the money he had already stolen, from a very bemused Stan who had thought he was broke.

Stan and the dog escape and the dog makes friends with a poodle. The poodle’s lady owner (Florence Gillet) persuades Stan to enter his dog into the local dog show. When his entry is refused, Stan sneaks in anyway, but is quickly thrown out, followed by all the dogs in the show. Stan spots the poodle’s owner outside looking for her dog and offers his dog in its place. She accepts and in turn offers him a lift to her home. This scene is watched by the ladies jealous boyfriend, who happens to bump into Oliver and together the two plot their revenge on Stan.

At the ladies house, Stan is introduced to the boyfriend and Oliver (in disguise as the Count de Chease of Switzerland). The boyfriend proposes and is refused while Oliver attempts to shoot Stan only to have the gun jam. The boyfriend chases the lady around the house while Ollie tries to blow up Stan with a stick of dynamite. The dog comes to the rescue, chasing Ollie and the boyfriend into the garden with the dynamite and leaving them to be blown up.

In this lobby card scene, Stan Laurel (left), is attacked by Oliver Hardy (above) as Jack Lloyd spots that Stan's faithful dog has retrieved Oliver's lighted stick of dynamite.

Production and release date

The precise date that the film was shot is not recorded. It has long been thought to have been made in 1917, partially due to comments Stan made about it during an interview in 1957.^[5] But it has also been dated to 1918^[3] and 1919.^[6] However, on the basis of an examination of the dates that Stan was available for filming, and the appearance of a 1920 car license plate in one shot of the complete film, it is now suggested that the most likely date filming took place is in the latter part of 1920 and into early 1921.^[7]

The film may have been released in late 1921 or early 1922 but records are inconclusive and in fact it may not have been released at all.^[1]

The films production cost was thought to have been about $3000.^[2]

Cast

Stan Laurel - Young man
Oliver Hardy - Bandit
Florence Gillet - Girl
Jack Lloyd - Boyfriend

References

^ ^a ^b {{>Brennan, John (2007). "The Lucky Dog". Laurel and Hardy Central. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
^ ^a ^b Laurel, Stan. "FEB.28th.'63.". The Stan Laurel Correspondence Archive Project. Retrieved on August 14, 2008. "the very first time Hardy & I worked together"
^ ^a ^b Gehring, Wes D. (1990). Laurel and Hardy: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group, 273. ISBN 031325172X.
^ Levity, Mister (2007). "The Silent Laurel & Hardy Collection from Alpha Video Vol.1". In the balcony - Laurel and Hardy Fun House. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
^ Shephard, Dave (2008). What Was The Film When? The Movies of Laurel and Hardy. Lulu.com, 29. ISBN 0955531837.
^ Bennett, Carl (2008). "Progressive Silent Film List - The Lucky Dog". Silent Era. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
^ Mitchell, Glenn (2008). The Laurel and Hardy Encyclopedia, 2nd Revised edition, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1905287712.

External links

v • d • e Laurel and Hardy filmography

Silent short films (Starring roles)	The Lucky Dog (1921) • Duck Soup (1927) • Slipping Wives (1927) • Love 'em and Weep (1927) • Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) • With Love and Hisses (1927) • Sugar Daddies (1927) • Now I'll Tell One (1927) • Sailors, Beware! (1927) • The Second Hundred Years (1927) • Hats Off (1927) • Do Detectives Think? (1927) • Putting Pants on Philip (1927) • The Battle of the Century (1927) • Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) • Flying Elephants (1928) • The Finishing Touch (1928) • From Soup to Nuts (1928) • You're Darn Tootin' (1928) • Their Purple Moment (1928) • Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) • Early to Bed (1928) • Two Tars (1928) • Habeas Corpus (1928) • We Faw Down (1928) • Liberty (1929) • Wrong Again (1929) • That's My Wife (1929) • Big Business (1929) • Double Whoopee (1929) • Bacon Grabbers (1929) • Angora Love (1929)

Talking short films (Starring roles)	Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) • Berth Marks (1929) • Men O' War (1929) • Perfect Day (1929) • They Go Boom (1929) • The Hoose-Gow (1929) • Night Owls (1930) • Blotto (1930) • Brats (1930) • Below Zero (1930) • Hog Wild (1930) • The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) • Another Fine Mess (1930) • Be Big! (1931) • Chickens Come Home (1931) • Laughing Gravy (1931) • Our Wife (1931) • Come Clean (1931) • One Good Turn (1931) • Beau Hunks (1931) • Helpmates (1932) • Any Old Port! (1932) • The Music Box (1932) • The Chimp (1932) • County Hospital (1932) • Scram! (1932) • Their First Mistake (1932) • Towed in a Hole (1932) • Twice Two (1933) • Me and My Pal (1933) • The Midnight Patrol (1933) • Busy Bodies (1933) • Dirty Work (1933) • Oliver the Eighth (1934) • Going Bye-Bye! (1934) • Them Thar Hills (1934) • The Live Ghost (1934) • Tit for Tat (1935) • The Fixer Uppers (1935) • Thicker than Water (1935)

Short films (As guests)	45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) • Call of the Cuckoo (1927) • The Stolen Jools (1931) • On the Loose (1931) • Wild Poses (1933) • On the Wrong Trek (1936) • The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)

Feature films (Starring roles)	Pardon Us (1931) • Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) • Fra Diavolo (1933)/ The Devil's Brother (1933)/ Bogus Bandits (1951) • Sons of the Desert (1933) • Babes in Toyland (1934) • Bonnie Scotland (1935) • The Bohemian Girl (1936) • Our Relations (1936) • Way Out West (1937) • Swiss Miss (1938) • Block-Heads (1938) • The Flying Deuces (1939) • Saps at Sea (1940) • A Chump at Oxford (1940) • Great Guns (1941) • A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) • Air Raid Wardens (1943) • Jitterbugs (1943) • The Dancing Masters (1943) • The Big Noise (1944) • Nothing But Trouble (1944) • The Bullfighters (1945) • Atoll K / Utopia (1951)

Feature films (As guests)	The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) • The Rogue Song (1930) • Hollywood Party (1934) • Pick a Star (1937)

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