Dough Nuts
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Dough Nuts is a 1917
silent
comedy film
featuring Oliver Hardy
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1917 in film
The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
featuring Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
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Cast
- Billy WestBilly West (silent film actor)Billy West was a film actor, producer, and director of the silent film era. He is best known as a Charlie Chaplin impersonator....
- Billy, the New Baker - Ethel Marie Burton - Ethel, the Cashier (as Ethel Burton)
- Oliver HardyOliver HardyOliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
- Babe, the chef (as Babe Hardy) - Leo WhiteLeo WhiteLeo White was a stage performer and appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies...
- Camembert, the Proprietor - Bud Ross - Boob, the Assistant (as Budd Ross)
- Florence McLaughlin - Waitress (as Florence McLoughlin)
- Joe Cohen - Pierre
- Frank Bates - His Pal