Baby Doll (1916 film)

Baby Doll
Directed byWill Louis
Produced byLouis Burstein
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • May 25, 1916 (1916-05-25)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Baby Doll is a 1916 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy, one of a series of over thirty "Plump and Runt" one-reel comedies, made by the Vim studio in 1916.[1]

Plot

Plump and Runt are male friends who need to raise cash. Runt's uncle advises him to marry; Plump dresses as Runt's wife to convince the uncle that his advice was followed. Instead, the married uncle flirts with the dressed-up Plump. This provides an alternative means of raising money from the uncle, as payment to keep quiet about his behavior.[2]

Cast

  • Oliver Hardy as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
  • Billy Ruge as Runt
  • Elsie MacLeod

See also

References

  1. ^ McCabe, John (1989). Babe : the life of Oliver Hardy. Internet Archive. London: Robson. pp. 26, 30, 208. ISBN 978-0-86051-612-5.
  2. ^ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World: 1742. June 1916 – via Internet Archive.