The Egg

1922 Comedy 24 minutes Directed by Gilbert Pratt

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About The Egg

Stan Laurel plays Humpty Dumpty, a clumsy hand in a lumber mill. Tom Kennedy is the boss. Alfred Hollingsworth is Mr. Stillwell, the president, and Drin Moro plays the president's daughter. Colin Kenny plays Gerald Stone. Humpty keeps wrecking the work around them.

Cast & crew

More about The Egg

Gilbert Pratt directed it. Broncho Billy Anderson produced it. It was released on 4 September 1922 and runs 24 minutes. Stan Laurel is billed as Humpty Dumpty.

Themes

  • A mill hand who breaks things
  • A boss at the end of his patience
  • The president's office
  • Stan Laurel
  • Humpty Dumpty
  • lumber mill
  • Gilbert Pratt
  • Broncho Billy Anderson

Notes

  • The character name on the billing is Humpty Dumpty, not Stan.
  • Tom Kennedy plays the boss of the mill.
  • Drin Moro plays the president's daughter.

Scenes

  • Humpty bungles a job on the mill floor.
  • The boss and Mr. Stillwell are in the middle of the wreckage.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (The Egg (1922).webm)

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