De la soupe populaire au caviar

Original title: From Soup to Nuts

1928
20m

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Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, and Stan Laurel in De la soupe populaire au caviar (1928)

A pair of inexperienced and bumbling waiters are hired for an upper-class dinner party.A pair of inexperienced and bumbling waiters are hired for an upper-class dinner party.A pair of inexperienced and bumbling waiters are hired for an upper-class dinner party.

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6.7/10

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Stan Laurel

Mr. Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Mr. Hardy

Tiny Sandford

Mr. Culpepper
(uncredited)

Dorothy Coburn

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Buddy the Dog

Dog
(uncredited)

Otto Fries

Chef
(uncredited)

Anita Garvin

Mrs. Culpepper
(uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Edna Marion

Maid
(uncredited)

Gene Morgan

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Directors
- Edgar Kennedy
- Leo McCarey
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Featured review

7/10

Likable early Laurel and Hardy short.

"Endearing" is what springs to mind on viewing this early Stan and Ollie entry. Sure the jokes are as hoary as hell these days, but they're funny anyway. 78 years old at the time of writing this may be, but the sight of Ollie buried in a giant cake for the umpteenth time is simply irresistible. Edgar Kennedy directed it, and threw a few unusual shots into the mixture. Stan does his "Salad Undressed" routine. And as for Anita Garvin? All I can say is that it was love at first sight! Delectable and funny, she almost steals the film from the boys. Upon viewing the chaos surrounding the dinner party it is certainly apparent why the keeping of servants was no longer so fashionable!

Social comment? No, merely the boys having fun.

Trivia
This entire movie was re-worked into a smaller timescale eleven years later in the first part of Les As d'Oxford (1940), with Stan & Ollie posing as maid & butler. Also, Anita Garvin re-prised her role in that movie as the host, and adopted the name "Mrs. Vandervere" as her character name. This is the real-life name of one of the party guests seen in THIS movie.