The Gown Shop
| The Gown Shop | |
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| Directed by | Larry Semon |
| Written by | Larry Semon |
| Produced by | Larry Semon |
| Starring | Oliver Hardy |
Production company | Larry Semon Productions |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
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Running time | 2 reels; 600m |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Gown Shop is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Larry Semon that featured Oliver Hardy.[1]
Plot
This plot summary was published in The Moving Picture World for October 13, 1923:[2]
Vitagraph announces the first of the season's four Larry Semon two-reel comedies, "The Gown Shop," is now in the exchanges. It is described as a girlie-girlie show with Katherine Meyers in the leading feminine role. There are scores of beautiful girls in gorgeous costumes. Semon has introduced a jazzing alligator, which is said to be even funnier than his famous walking egg.
Cast
- Larry Semon as Larry, a salesman
- Kathleen Myers as Head saleslady
- Oliver Hardy as Store manager (credited as Babe Hardy)
- Fred DeSilva as Dressmaker (credited as F.F. DeSylva)
- Pete Gordon as Worker
- William Hauber (credited as Bill Hauber)
- Frank Hayes as Wife in audience
- James Donnelly as Husband
- Spencer Bell as Janitor
- Harry DeRoy as Audience member
- Dorothea Wolbert as Audience member
- Otto Lederer as Audience member
See also
External links
References
- ^ Louvish, Simon (2005). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. New York: St. Martin's. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-312-32598-5.
- ^ "The Pep of the Program: Semon Comedy Ready". The Moving Picture World. 64 (7): 594. October 13, 1923 – via The Internet Archive.