The Precious Parcel

The Precious Parcel
Directed byWill Louis
(aka Willard Louis)
Produced byLouis Burstein
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • October 19, 1916 (1916-10-19)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Precious Parcel is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. It is one of the films in the Plump and Runt series.

Plot

This plot comes from the November, 1916 Moving Picture World magazine:

A quite humorous reel with Plump and Runt as the chief laughmakers. The story burlesques in an entertaining manner the old plot of the shipment of gold to a lonely express office and the conspiracy to steal it. Runt is the bad man and Plump the hero. Plump (Babe Hardy) and Runt (Billy Ruge) are assisted by Edna Reynolds and Florence McLoughlin.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Louvish, Simon (2005). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. New York: St. Martin's. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-312-32598-5.
  2. ↑ "Release Dates for Ready Reference: Vim: 10-19 "A Precious Parcel," Plump and Runt (misspelled Hunt)". The Motion Picture News. XIV (20): 3181. November 18, 1916 – via The Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "Comments on the Films: A PRECIOUS PARCEL (Vim), Oct 19". The Moving Picture World. 30 (5): 692. November 4, 1916 – via The Internet Archive.