
Below Zero(1930)
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.


Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.

Stan Laurel
Stan

Oliver Hardy
Ollie

Billy Gilbert
The Doctor

May Wallace
Head Nurse Miss Wallace

William Austin
Ollie's Hospital Roommate

Estelle Etterre
Nurse Smith
Lilyan Irene
Nurse

Dorothy Layton
Nurse

Sam Lufkin
Policeman
County Hospital is a comedy film released in 1932 exploring themes of hospital, black and white, reckless driving, hospital visit, short film. Directed by James Parrott, it stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert. Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
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