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Wandering Papas

1926·US
Director: Stan Laurel
Comedy

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner.

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner.

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Cast

Clyde Cook

Clyde Cook

Camp Cook

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

Sally O'Neil

Sally O'Neil

Susie, the Hermit's Daughter (as Sue O'Neill)

Tyler Brooke

Tyler Brooke

Onion, a Bridge Engineer

Adolph Milar

Adolph Milar

The Hermit (as Adolph Millar)

Sammy Brooks

Sammy Brooks

Construction Worker (uncredited)

William Gillespie

William Gillespie

Construction Worker (uncredited)

J

Jules Mendel

Construction Worker (uncredited)

Crew

James Parrott

writer

Len Powers

cinematographer

Carl Harbaugh

writer

Glen Carrier

cinematographer

Stan Laurel

writer

Frank Young

cinematographer

George O'Neill

writer

Edward Dillon

writer

Hal Yates

writer

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