Along Came Auntie
About Along Came Auntie
Mrs. Remington Chow is hiding her second marriage from Aunt Alvira so the inheritance will still come. A debt collector with a bulldog gets into the house and hides in the piano. Her second husband, Mr. Chow, walks in from a holiday while her first husband, Vincent Belcher, is playing the violin for her. The collector climbs out into a fight between the two men. Aunt Alvira arrives. Mrs. Chow tells her she is still married to Vincent, calls the scuffle a game called Duck the Knob, and tells Chow to pretend he is a lodger. Auntie sits on Vincent's knee, then sees Mrs. Chow kiss the man she thinks is the lodger. Chow goes for his gun.
Cast & crew
More about Along Came Auntie
Fred Guiol and Richard Wallace directed the two-reeler for Hal Roach. Pathé Exchange released it on 25 July 1926. It runs 18 minutes. Richard C. Currier edited it. Floyd Jackman, Len Powers, and Jack Roach photographed it. The writing credits list Carl Harbaugh, Stan Laurel, James Parrott, Jerome Storm, Beatrice Van, H. M. Walker, Frank Wilson, and Hal Yates.
Themes
Making
Roach put Hardy in as the first husband opposite Tryon, with the debt collector stuffed into the piano until the aunt is at the door.
Look
Floyd Jackman, Len Powers, and Jack Roach photographed the parlor, the piano, and the fight.
Preservation
A complete print is at the Library of Congress.
Notes
- Glenn Tryon plays Mr. Chow, the second husband. Vivien Oakland plays Mrs. Remington Chow. Oliver Hardy plays Vincent Belcher, the first husband.
- Lucy Beaumont plays Aunt Alvira. Martha Sleeper plays the maid Marie. Tyler Brooke plays the under-sheriff.
- Stan Laurel is one of the writers. He is not in the cast.
- A complete print is at the Library of Congress.
- A timed copy runs 18 minutes 7 seconds. Another listing gives 23 minutes.
Scenes
- The debt collector hides in the piano and climbs out into the husbands' fight.
- Mrs. Chow tells Chow to pose as the lodger.
- Chow reaches for his gun after Auntie sees the kiss.
Also available
- Library of Congress
- Wikimedia Commons (Along Came Auntie (1926).webm)
