45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)

Cautiously Recommended

USA

Short Film

Director: Fred Guiol

Writers: Hal Roach, H.M. Walker

Cast: Glenn Tryon, Charlotte Mineau, Rube Clifford, Oliver Hardy, Edna Murphy, Stan Laurel

A country rube, in Hollywood to pay off a debt, gets mixed-up with a cross-dressing bank robber, whom he believes to be a movie star, soon finding himself in drag as well and inadvertently coming between a hotel detective and his insanely jealous wife – chaos ensues, in this mildly diverting silent farce, which is most notable for featuring both Laurel and Hardy (for only the second time, though they never share the same screen) amongst the supporting cast. Iain.Stott