Films Directed by Jess Robbins (Study Guide) - The Lucky Dog, Should Sailors Marry?, the Backyard, His Jonah Day, the Nuisance, the Decorator (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: The Lucky Dog, Should Sailors Marry?, the Backyard, His Jonah Day, the Nuisance, the Decorator, the Mysterious Stranger, the Blizzard, the Trouble Hunter, Springtime, the Tourist, Fists and Fodder, He Laughs Last, Pals and Pugs. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: For other uses, see Lucky dog (disambiguation) The Lucky Dog (1921) is the first film to include both members of the famous comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, later known as Laurel and Hardy and is the first occasion that they worked together. Though they appear in scenes together, they play independent of each other and not as the comedic team that they would later become. The film was shot as two reels, but some versions end abruptly after the first reel where Stan is robbed by Ollie. Stan plays the hapless hero, who after being thrown out onto the street for not paying his rent, is befriended by a stray dog. The dog and Stan then bump into Oliver (playing a robber) who is holding someone up. Oliver, who in the process has accidentally placed his victims money into Stans back pocket, turns from his first victim (who runs off) to rob Stan. Oliver then steals the money he had already stolen, from a very bemused Stan who had thought he was broke. Stan and the dog escape and the dog makes friends with a poodle. The poodles lady owner (Florence Gillet) persuades Stan to enter his dog into the local dog show. When his entry is refused, Stan sneaks in anyway, but is quickly thrown out, followed by all the dogs in the show. Stan spots the poodles owner outside looking for her dog and offers his dog in its place. She accepts and in turn offers him a lift to her home. This scene is witnessed by her jealous boyfriend, who happens to bump into Oliver and...http: //booksllc.net/?id=4783723