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Charley Rogers (original story and screenplay) &Felix Adler (original story and screenplay) ...
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25 January 1940 (Australia) morePlot:
With Stan in drag, the boys get jobs as a butler and maid for a dinner party at the Vandevere's. After that ends in disaster... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
do watch it, but make sure that you don't go into dizzy spells moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Stan Laurel | ... | Stan / Lord Paddington |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Ollie |
| Wilfred Lucas | ... | Dean Williams |
| Forbes Murray | ... | Banker |
| Frank Baker | ... | Dean's servant |
| Eddie Borden | ... | Student ghost |
| Gerald Rogers | ... | Student (Johnson) |
| Victor Kendall | ... | Student (Cecil) |
| Gerald Fielding | ... | Student (Brown) |
| Charlie Hall | ... | Student (Hector) (as Charles Hall) |
 | Peter Cushing | ... | Student (Jones) |
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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This may be the only fine mess that Laurel and Hardy get themselves into that actually benefits them. After stopping a bank robber, they get sent to Oxford for a proper education, and a knock on the head makes Stan remember that he's actually Lord Paddington, an effete Brit who makes Ollie his servant.
I think that my two favorite parts were the maze ghost, and the whole scene in the dean's room. Maybe "A Chump at Oxford" wasn't Laurel and Hardy's best movie ever, but it was still a hoot. It just goes to show that those guys were truly one of the classic comedy teams.
Dizzy spells. Ha!