Aunt Bill

Aunt Bill
Directed byWill Louis
Produced byLouis Burstein
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • July 20, 1916 (1916-07-20)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Aunt Bill is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.

Plot

Aunt Bill was part of the Plump and Runt series of comedy shorts featuring Oliver Hardy and Billy Ruge.[1] In this installment, the characters' wives have a wealthy aunt. As a prank, a male friend dresses up as the aunt, but "the real aunt appears" and is outraged by the ensuing confusion. In disgust, she tears up a large check that she planned to give her nieces.[2][3]

Cast

  • Oliver Hardy as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
  • Billy Ruge as Runt
  • Ray Godfrey as Mrs. Runt[3]
  • Florence McLaughlin as Mrs. Plump (as Florence McLoughlin)[3]
  • Bert Tracy as Aunt[3]
  • Billy Bletcher as Bogus Aunt[3]

References

  1. ^ Miller, Blair (October 15, 2024). American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology. McFarland. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-0980-5.
  2. ^ "Aunt Bill". The Moving Picture World. 29 (4): 682. July 22, 1916.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Comments on the Films". The Moving Picture World. 29 (6): 945. August 5, 1916.

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