Laurel & Hardy

[Brian Rose]

Turner Classic Movies was showing Laurel & Hardy movies and shorts for most of the day today. One of the shorts was their first movie together, " Putting Pants on Phillip." Stan Laurel is Phillip, a "Scotch" arriving in New York to be met by his uncle J.Pierpont Mumblethunder ( Oliver Hardy). Phillip arrives in a kilt, jacket, and balmoral.
The story revolves the reaction of New Yorkers, Phillip to New York women, and J.Pierpont's struggle to get Phillip out of his kilt and into pants. At least in the US, it's available on streaming on Hulu. A fun silent short. It was release in 1927. I really didn't think a lot about the release date as I've watched a number of silent films. 1927 wasn't that long ago. Until I did the math and realized that movie was 93 years old.