Weary Willie's Rags

Weary Willie's Rags is a 1914 American silent film comedy featuring Oliver Hardy.^[1]

This description is from the copyright file at the Library of Congress:^[2]

Henry Paff, a business man in a small town, makes a trip to the city. He arrives late, puts up at a hotel and sleeps soundly. So does the hotel clerk, for during the night William Ragson, a tramp, sneaks into Paff's room and exchanges his old rags for Paff's neat attire. In the morning Paff tries to telephone the office without success and is finally obliged to put on the tramp's filthy rags which changes his appearance so greatly that when he complains to the clerk he gets no satisfaction and is kicked out by the porter. In the meantime, Ragson dressed in Paff's clothes and in possession of his money and papers, lives on the fat of the land and when he meets Paff on the street he kicks him out of the way. Paff, unable to identify himself, or get any redress, gets desperately hungry and appropriates a lunch basket he finds in the park. He is promptly arrested and when taken to the station is surprised to meet Ragson who has been arrested for riotous behavior. The Hotel keeper is summoned, Paff is identified and Ragson meets the fate of all transgressors.

• Harry Lorraine as Henry Paff
• Ben Walker as William Ragson
• Oliver Hardy as Hotel Clerk (as Babe Hardy)

• List of American films of 1914
• Filmography of Oliver Hardy

• Weary Willie's Rags at IMDb