The Second Hundred Years (film)

The Second Hundred Years
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Fred Guiol
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	Leo McCarey (story) H.M. Walker (titles)
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Cinematography	George Stevens
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	October 8, 1927 (1927-10-08)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

The Second Hundred Years (aka The Second 100 Years) is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951.

Plot

Two convicts dig a tunnel to escape from prison, but end up in the warden's office, after making a detour around a burst water pipe. They then disguise themselves as painters and walk out through the front gates. They later climb into a limousine carrying two visiting French police chiefs, steal their suits and throw the two men out of the car. The two convicts, now disguised as dignitaries, are then driven back to the prison to have dinner with the warden. Later, while visiting the cells, they are recognized and marched back to their own cell.

Cast

Stan Laurel - Little Goofy
Oliver Hardy - Big Goofy
Charlie Hall - Convict
Jimmy Finlayson - Gov. Browne Van Dyke
Otto Fries - Lecoque
Rosemary Theby - Dinner Guest
Ellinor Van der Veer - Countess de Cognac
Dorothy Coburn - Flapper
Tiny Sandford - Guard
William Gillespie - Extra
Frank Brownlee - Prison Warden
Edgar Dearing - Officer
Charles A. Bachman - Officer
Bob O'Conor - Voitrex
Eugene Pallette - Dinner Guest

Notes

Laurel and Hardy's heads were shaved for their appearance in this film; their hair had not yet grown back in their roles in Max Davidson's Call Of The Cuckoo (1927), released a week after The Second Hundred Years.
The Three Stooges would paint their prison uniforms black in 1941's So Long Mr. Chumps.^[1]

The Sons of the Desert

Chapters — called Tents — of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, all take their names from L&H films; there is a The Second Hundred Years Tent on Long Island, New York.

References

↑ Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. p. 187. ISBN 0971186804.

External links

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Laurel and Hardy filmography

Silent short films (starring roles)	The Lucky Dog (1921) Duck Soup (1927) Slipping Wives (1927) Love 'em and Weep (1927) Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) With Love and Hisses (1927) Sugar Daddies (1927) Sailors, Beware! (1927) The Second Hundred Years (1927) Hats Off (1927) Do Detectives Think? (1927) Putting Pants on Philip (1927) The Battle of the Century (1927) Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) Flying Elephants (1928) The Finishing Touch (1928) From Soup to Nuts (1928) You're Darn Tootin' (1928) Their Purple Moment (1928) Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) Early to Bed (1928) Two Tars (1928) Habeas Corpus (1928) We Faw Down (1928) Liberty (1929) Wrong Again (1929) That's My Wife (1929) Big Business (1929) Double Whoopee (1929) Bacon Grabbers (1929) Angora Love (1929)

Talking short films (starring roles)	Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) Berth Marks (1929) Men O' War (1929) Perfect Day (1929) They Go Boom (1929) The Hoose-Gow (1929) Night Owls (1930) Blotto (1930) Brats (1930) Below Zero (1930) Hog Wild (1930) The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) Another Fine Mess (1930) Be Big! (1931) Chickens Come Home (1931) Laughing Gravy (1931) Our Wife (1931) Come Clean (1931) One Good Turn (1931) Beau Hunks (1931) Helpmates (1932) Any Old Port! (1932) The Music Box (1932) The Chimp (1932) County Hospital (1932) Scram! (1932) Their First Mistake (1932) Towed in a Hole (1932) Twice Two (1933) Me and My Pal (1933) The Midnight Patrol (1933) Busy Bodies (1933) Dirty Work (1933) Oliver the Eighth (1934) Going Bye-Bye! (1934) Them Thar Hills (1934) The Live Ghost (1934) Tit for Tat (1935) The Fixer Uppers (1935) Thicker than Water (1935)

Short films (as guests)	45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) Now I'll Tell One (1927) Call of the Cuckoo (1927) The Stolen Jools (1931) On the Loose (1931) Wild Poses (1933) On the Wrong Trek (1936) Galaxy of Stars (1936) The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)

Feature films (starring roles)	Pardon Us (1931) Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) Fra Diavolo / The Devil's Brother / Bogus Bandits (1933) Sons of the Desert (1933) Babes in Toyland (1934) Bonnie Scotland (1935) The Bohemian Girl (1936) Our Relations (1936) Way Out West (1937) Swiss Miss (1938) Block-Heads (1938) The Flying Deuces (1939) A Chump at Oxford (1940) Saps at Sea (1940) Great Guns (1941) A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) Air Raid Wardens (1943) Jitterbugs (1943) The Dancing Masters (1943) The Big Noise (1944) Nothing But Trouble (1944) The Bullfighters (1945) Atoll K / Utopia (1951)

Feature films (as guests)	The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) The Rogue Song (1930) Hollywood Party (1934) Pick a Star (1937)

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