The Candy Trail

The Candy Trail
Directed byWill Louis
Produced byLouis Burstein
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • October 12, 1916 (1916-10-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Candy Trail is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. It was one of the "Plump and Runt" comedy shorts made by Vim Comedy Company in Jacksonville, Florida.

Plot

Plump's wealthy sweetheart is swept away to the big city by his scheming rival, Runt, with promises of fame and glamour. Plump follows, and rescues her from a gang Runt has joined.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "At the Dixie". The Waxahachie Daily Light. December 5, 1916. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Louvish, Simon (2005). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. Macmillan. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-312-32598-5.
  3. ↑ Miller, Blair (October 15, 2024). American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology. McFarland. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-0980-5.
  4. ↑ Miller, Blair (April 10, 2013). Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-0-7618-5996-3.
  5. ↑ "Stories of the Films". The Moving Picture World. 30 (2): 289. October 14, 1916.

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