Should Men Walk Home?
About Should Men Walk Home?
Mabel Normand, billed as the girl bandit, is hitchhiking when Creighton Hale's car nearly hits her. The two amateur burglars team up and crash a mansion party to take a jewel from the safe. Eugene Pallette plays an Intelligence Bureau detective who is after them. Oliver Hardy, without a mustache, keeps trying to get at the punch bowl.
Cast & crew
More about Should Men Walk Home?
Hal Roach produced it for Pathé Exchange release on January 30, 1927, copyrighted January 14, 1927. Alfred J. Goulding is credited with the scenario and H. M. Walker with the intertitles. Floyd Jackman photographed it, and Richard C. Currier edited it. Filming ran from October 25 to November 11, 1926.
Themes
Look
Floyd Jackman shot the short between October 25 and November 11, 1926.
Preservation
A print survives. Silent Era lists the film as public domain in the United States. The BFI issued a restoration in December 2018 on the Atoll K disc.
Notes
- Silent Era records it as Mabel Normand's last film, though One Hour Married, shot earlier, was released later.
- Lord Heath's studio log calls it a three-reel All Star comedy, production H-15, while other listings say two reels.
- An opening title warns against giving a strange girl a ride on the highway because they are always hungry.
- A restoration was included in December 2018 as a bonus on the BFI's Atoll K disc.
Scenes
- Hale's car nearly runs down Normand at the roadside, and the two crooks decide to work the party together.
- Hardy keeps returning to the punch bowl and is sent off each time.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Should Men Walk Home (1927).webm)
- BFI Blu-ray and DVD of Atoll K (2018 bonus)
Quotes
Dangerous! Never stop your car on the highway to give a strange girl a ride—They're always hungry.
