Another Fine Mess
About Another Fine Mess
Stan and Ollie, two homeless men, hide in an empty mansion. When people arrive to rent it, they pretend to be the residents. James Parrott directed. It comes from Arthur J. Jefferson's 1908 play Home from the Honeymoon, and it remakes their 1927 silent Duck Soup. Thelma Todd and James Finlayson are billed.
Cast & crew
More about Another Fine Mess
H. M. Walker and Stan Laurel wrote it. Hal Roach produced it. George Stevens photographed it. Leroy Shield wrote the music. Richard C. Currier edited it. MGM released it. Wikidata times it at 28 minutes. Harry Bernard, Betty Mae Crane, and Beverly Crane are on the catalog cast. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
George Stevens photographed the empty mansion.
Music
Leroy Shield wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Jefferson was Stan Laurel's father.
- Duck Soup (1927) was their first official short as a team.
- The Commons file is Another Fine Mess.
Scenes
- The renters walk in, and Stan and Ollie have to play the owners.
Influenced by
- Arthur J. Jefferson's Home from the Honeymoon
- Duck Soup (1927)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Another Fine Mess)
