Slipping Wives

1927 Comedy 23 minutes Directed by Fred Guiol

About Slipping Wives

Her husband ignores her. She hires the handyman to come to a party as a literary man and flirt with her, so the husband will notice. The disguise does not hold.

Cast & crew

More about Slipping Wives

Fred Guiol directed. Hal Roach and H. M. Walker wrote it. Priscilla Dean is the wife. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are both in the cast, before they were billed as a team. George Stevens photographed it. Pathé released it.

Themes

Look

George Stevens photographed it.

Preservation

A print is on Wikimedia Commons as Slipping Wives (1927).webm.

Notes

  • Laurel and Hardy appear together, but the short is not billed as a Laurel and Hardy comedy.
  • Priscilla Dean, a dramatic star, is the lead.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Slipping Wives (1927).webm)