A Man About Town
About A Man About Town
On a streetcar the conductor takes Stan's fare and tells him to follow a woman passenger when he wants to change cars. Stan stands every time she stands. He then trails her through town, into a shop watched by the detective Humko and past a pair of cross-eyed barbers.
Cast & crew
More about A Man About Town
George Jeske directed the one-reeler for Hal Roach. Frank Young photographed it, H. M. Walker wrote the titles, and Clarence Hennecke was assistant director. Lord Heath gives production number D-17, shooting from May 15 to 22, 1923, with retakes on May 25, and a copyright date of August 11, 1923. Pathé Exchange released it on September 16, 1923.
Themes
Look
Frank Young photographed the streetcar and the shop scenes in May 1923.
Preservation
Silent Era lists 8mm reduction prints in private collections.
Notes
- Stan Laurel plays the man about town. Katherine Grant is the girl. James Finlayson plays Humko, the store detective.
- George Rowe and Mark Jones play the cross-eyed barbers. Sam Lufkin is the first conductor.
- Silent Era lists 8mm reduction prints in private collections, and a DVD and Blu-ray.
Scenes
- Stan is squeezed between two women on the streetcar and offers his fare from behind them.
- He stands and sits again each time the woman he is following does.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons
