County Hospital
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Billy Gilbert
The Doctor
May Wallace
Head Nurse Miss Wallace
William Austin
Ollie's Hospital Roommate
Estelle Etterre
Nurse Smith
Lilyan Irene
Nurse
Dorothy Layton
Nurse
Sam Lufkin
Policeman
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
An excellent short film by Laurel and Hardy in which Stan visits Ollie, who happens to have a broken leg, and ends up destroying the hospital in the process. Clearly in the boys' peak period. A plus is Billy Gilbert, who was always one of their best villains, and a minus is obvious back projection, due to producer Hal Roach's financial instability at the time.
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