The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools
George E. Stone in The Stolen Jools
Directed by	William C. McGann
Produced by	Pat Casey
Written by	Edwin J. Burke (uncredited) Percy Heath (uncredited)
Starring	Buster Keaton Edward G. Robinson Joan Crawford Fay Wray Gary Cooper
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	April 4, 1931
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Stolen Jools (1931) is a short comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The UCLA Film and Television Archive entry for this film says—as do the credits—that the film was co-sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes to support the "fine work" of the NVA sanitarium.

When the film was shown in theaters in 1931, a person would appear after the film to ask the audience for donations. Because the film was made for charity, it has an unusually large cast of actors from various studios in addition to Paramount, such as Warner Bros., RKO, MGM, and Hal Roach Studios.

This film was known by the name The Slippery Pearls in the United Kingdom, and was thought to be a lost film until a print was found in the UK in the 1990s. Another print was later found in the US under the alternate title.

Plot

At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball", Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.

Cast, as listed in end credits

At the Police Station Wallace Beery Buster Keaton Jack Hill J. Farrell MacDonald Edward G. Robinson George E. Stone The Law Eddie Kane Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy At the Victim’s House Our Gang: Farina, Stymie, Chubby, Mary Ann Jackson, Shirley Jean Rickert, Echo, Wheezer, Pete the Pup Polly Moran Norma Shearer Hedda Hopper Tete-a-Tete Joan Crawford William Haines On the Porch Swing Dorothy Lee

At Breakfast Victor McLaglen Edmund Lowe El Brendel In the Hotel Charlie Murray George Sidney Winnie Lightner Fifi D'Orsay Warner Baxter Irene Dunne At Lunch Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey In the Movie Studio Richard Dix Claudia Dell Lowell Sherman The Newsmen Eugene Pallette Stuart Erwin Skeets Gallagher

Gary Cooper Wynne Gibson Buddy Rogers The Detective Maurice Chevalier Under the Tree Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Loretta Young Richard Barthelmess Charles Butterworth Couples at Home Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Fay In a Movie Scene Jack Oakie and Fay Wray Projectionist George "Gabby" Hayes The Midget Little Billy (Billy Rhodes) Mitzi Green solves the mystery.[1]

(Uncredited)

• Joe E. Brown
• Robert Ames
• Bert Lytell

See also

• List of rediscovered films

References

1. Transcribed from DVD: Best of Laurel & Hardy, Volumes 2-3, Brentwood Home Video, 2004

External links

• The Stolen Jools at the Internet Movie Database
• The Stolen Jools at Internet Archive