Putting Pants on Philip

Putting Pants On Philip is a silent short film starring American comedy double act Laurel and Hardy. Made in 1927, its the first film to bill them as an official team. The duo appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1950. The idea for the film was Stan Laurels and was based on a story recounted by a friend while Laurel worked in music hall. The archivist William K. Everson described the film as one of the real gems of comedy from the late 20s, and perhaps the most individual of all the Laurel and Hardy comedies, though not necessarily the funniest.

Piedmont then takes Philip to a tailor to be fitted for trousers. Philip leaves the tailor to continue pursuing the woman he saw earlier. Catching up to the woman he takes off his kilt to cover a puddle, the woman leaves and Piedmont steps on the kilt and falls into a covered mud hole. Although this was their first official film as a team, the iconic Stan and Ollie characters and costumes had yet to become a permanent fixture. Their first appearance as the now familiar Stan and Ollie characters was in The Second Hundred Years, directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey, who suggested that the performers be teamed permanently. ........

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