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The Chimp

The Chimp

19326.50h 25m

Overview

Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.

Directed by James Parrott
Written by H.M. Walker, Stan Laurel, Charley Rogers
Produced by Hal Roach
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Top Cast

Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Stan

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Ollie

James Finlayson

James Finlayson

Ringmaster

Billy Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

Joe the Landlord

Charles Gemora

Charles Gemora

Ethel the Chimp (uncredited)

Dorothy Layton

Dorothy Layton

Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

circusgorillablack and whiteflea circusshort film

About The Chimp

The Chimp is a comedy film released in 1932 exploring themes of circus, gorilla, black and white, flea circus, short film. Directed by James Parrott, it stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson. Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.

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Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.

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