Detained
About Detained
A convict forces Stan Laurel to change clothes with him. Stan is taken to prison in the convict's place. Inside he runs into pies, a pickaxe gang, and the electric chair. A later-found scene has him fall head first into the gallows and come out with a stretched neck.
Cast & crew
More about Detained
The catalog credits Scott Pembroke. Wikidata credits Pembroke and Joe Rock. Rock produced it. Film Booking Offices of America distributed it. Wikidata times it at 15 minutes. The catalog also bills Julie Leonard and Agnes Ayres. The hanging scene was missing until a Dutch employee, Jurjen Enzing, found the footage in the Frisian Film Archive in Leeuwarden in 2017. The archive restored it for a showing at the Bristol Slapstick Festival in January 2018.
Themes
Making
Joe Rock both produced the short and, on Wikidata, shares the directing credit with Pembroke.
Preservation
The Frisian Film Archive in Leeuwarden recovered and restored the hanging scene that had been treated as lost.
Notes
- Wikipedia titles the recovered bit "The Hanging Scene.
- Stan is trying to escape when he falls into the gallows.
- The catalog leaves the ending open: the warden may find Stan innocent or treat him as guilty.
Scenes
- Stan is hauled in wearing the convict's clothes.
- He meets pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair.
- He falls into the gallows and his neck stretches.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Detained (1924).webm)
- Frisian Film Archive, Leeuwarden (restored hanging scene)
