Short Kilts

1924 Comedy 21 minutes Directed by George Jeske

About Short Kilts

Stan Laurel, a son of one Scottish family, wants to marry the daughter of the family next door, and her parents object. His family is asked to dinner. During the horseplay the couple slip off to a minister. His sister and her brother have done the same. A feast follows, and the two households make peace.

Cast & crew

More about Short Kilts

George Jeske directed. Hal Roach produced. H. M. Walker wrote it. Frank Young photographed it. Pathé Exchange distributed it. Released on 3 August 1924. Wikidata also lists Leo McCarey as a director. James Finlayson, Ena Gregory, and Mickey Daniels are in the cast.

Themes

  • Two clans at one table
  • A wedding slipped in during the noise
  • A second couple who had the same idea
  • kilts
  • feuding families
  • dinner
  • double wedding
  • Stan Laurel

Background

A Hal Roach comedy of August 1924, with Stan Laurel in kilts before the Laurel and Hardy series.

Preservation

A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Notes

  • The English Wikipedia gives 21 minutes. Wikidata lists 20.
  • Ena Gregory plays McGregor's daughter. Mickey Daniels plays a McPherson child.
  • Thomas J. Crizer edited it.

Scenes

  • The couple leave the dinner and come back married, and so does the other pair.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-short-kilts)