Talkie short
The Chimp
Synopsis
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.
Credits
| Role | People | Character | Billed as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast | Stan Laurel | Stan | Stan Laurel |
| Cast | Oliver Hardy | Ollie | Oliver Hardy |
| Cast | James Finlayson | Ringmaster (uncredited) | James Finlayson |
| Cast | Billy Gilbert | Joe the Landlord (uncredited) | Billy Gilbert |
| Cast | Charles Gemora | Ethel the Chimp (uncredited) | Charles Gemora |
| Cast | Dorothy Layton | Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited) | Dorothy Layton |
| Director | James Parrott | Director | James Parrott |
| Writer | H.M. Walker | Writer | H.M. Walker |
| Writer | Oliver Hardy | Writer | Oliver Hardy |
| Writer | Stan Laurel | Writer | Stan Laurel |
| Writer | James Parrott | Writer | James Parrott |
| Writer | Charley Rogers | Writer | Charley Rogers |
| Producer | Hal Roach | Producer | Hal Roach |
| cinematography | Walter Lundin | Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| music | Walt Eufel | Music | Walt Eufel |
| music | Marvin Hatley | Music | Marvin Hatley |
| music | John Klohr | Music | John Klohr |
| music | Leroy Shield | Music | Leroy Shield |
| editor | Richard C. Currier | Editor | Richard C. Currier |
| sound | Elmer Raguse | Sound | Elmer Raguse |
| casting | Jack Roach | Casting | Jack Roach |
| cinematography | Len Powers | — | — |
| sound | James Greene | — | — |
| Cast | Tiny Sandford | Destructo, the Cannonball King | — |
| Cast | Dorothy Granger | Ethel, the landlord's wife | — |
| Cast | Bobby Burns | Tenant with newspaper | — |
| Cast | Baldwin Cooke | Coach driver | — |
| Cast | Lorena Carr | Circus performer | — |
| Cast | Estelle Etterre | Circus performer | — |
| Cast | William J. O'Brien | Circus owner | — |
| Cast | Harry Wilde | Circus vendor | — |
| Cast | Charles Lloyd | Audience member | — |
| Cast | Pete Gordon | Peeping Tom/Audience member | — |
| Cast | Clarence Wertz | Cop clown | — |
| Cast | Dick Gilbert | Audience member | — |
| Cast | Hope Harper | Audience member | — |
| Cast | Ernie Alexander | Stunt double for Stan Laurel | — |
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