Putting Pants on Philip
- Stan Laurel: Philip
- Oliver Hardy: Piedmont Mumblethunder
- Sam Lufkin: ship's doctor
- Harvey Clark: Tailor
- Dorothy Coburn: Philips swarm
- Charles A. Bachman: policeman
- Ed Brandenberg: Bus Conductor
Putting Pants on Philip (Eng. Philip pants tighten ) is a silent comedy from 1927 starring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy in the lead roles. The film premiered on December 3, 1927 the German premiere took place in Berlin on 12 March 1928.
Action
Piedmont Mumblethunder expects his Scottish nephew Philip at the port. Previously, he had already received from his sister from Scotland a letter which warns him that Philip gets at the sight of a pretty girl out of control. Philip, who traditionally wears a kilt, gets down to Piedmont side quickly the laughingstock of the people, which the latter prompted them to his nephew to wear pants. But soon also uses the fact that Philip constantly the same young woman running behind, making it even more difficult for Piedmont, to get him into pants. The film ends with the fact that Philip takes off his kilt, to place him on a mud hole and to provide a comfortable transition for women. Shortly after this Piedmont selbiges wants to do, he sinks at once in it.
Background
The shooting for the film took place at various locations in Los Angeles and Culver City in September 1927. The street scenes were filmed at Culver example Boulevard, as well as the feeder path to Main Street. Laurel himself called Putting Pants on Philip as the first real Laurel and Hardy film when it was still part of the All Star series of Hal Roach Studios.
In Germany the premiere of " The youth of the stranger " in Berlin Gloria Palace took place on March 12, 1928 under the title instead. 1963, the short film in the series was it allowed to laugh by Werner Schwier under the title " What the Scots wear under there " aired on ARD. Followed in 1968 by a new performance in Bali movie theater in Munich under the title of " Philip ( p), put their pants on ." In the years 1970 and 1976, the film twice on ZDF, was once shown as " The man in the woman's skirt " and the second time as " A brutal pants buying ".
Criticism
" The comedy The youth from the stranger which tells the tale of a Scottish provincial Jewellers in New York, shows the vielbelachte situation comedy. "
" A very clean, and imaginative, though not always so witty sealed together grotesque, but brings so much healthy sense of humor that one, whether intellectually or not, whether youth, old man on a staff, laughs not insignificant. "