The Candy Trail
About The Candy Trail
Runt talks Plump's wealthy sweetheart out of the village and into the city with promises of fame. Plump follows. He finds her with a gang Runt has joined and gets her away.
Cast & crew
More about The Candy Trail
Will Louis directed this Plump and Runt short for the Vim Comedy Company in Jacksonville. It was released on 12 October 1916. Oliver Hardy plays Plump, billed as Babe Hardy, and Billy Ruge plays Runt.
Themes
Background
Jacksonville was still a winter production town in 1916, before California took most of the short-comedy work.
Making
Vim was shooting comedies in Florida rather than in New York or Los Angeles, using Hardy as the heavy half of a two-man team.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Florence McLaughlin plays the village belle. Bert Tracy is also in the cast.
- Vim made a run of Plump and Runt comedies in Jacksonville with Hardy and Ruge as the team.
- Some credit listings name Willard Louis rather than Will Louis.
Scenes
- Runt steers the village belle toward the city.
- Plump pulls her away from Runt's gang.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons
