Big Business

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Big Business is a classic 1929 silent short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, renowned for its escalating slapstick chaos as the duo sell Christmas trees door-to-door.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
archivalStatus extant ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy George Stevens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director James W. Horne ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Richard C. Currier ⓘ
era late silent era ⓘ
featuredIn lists of greatest comedy shorts ⓘ
featuresActor James Finlayson ⓘ
featuresCharacter Hardy ⓘ
Laurel ⓘ
filmStarDuo Laurel and Hardy ⓘ
hasColor black-and-white ⓘ
hasFilmFormat 2-reel short ⓘ
hasFilmRating critically acclaimed classic ⓘ
hasGenre comedy ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
hasIntertitles English intertitles ⓘ
hasMusicType accompanied by non-diegetic music in exhibition ⓘ
hasSlapstickSetPiece progressive destruction of house and car ⓘ
hasTheme conflict escalation ⓘ
domestic destruction ⓘ
mainCharactersOccupation door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen ⓘ
notableFor escalating slapstick destruction gag ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film ⓘ
partOfSeries Laurel and Hardy films ⓘ
plotSummary Laurel and Hardy sell Christmas trees door-to-door, leading to escalating destructive chaos with a homeowner. ⓘ
producer Hal Roach ⓘ
productionCompany Hal Roach Studios ⓘ
recognizedAs one of Laurel and Hardy’s best short films ⓘ
releaseDate 1929-04-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1929 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 19 ⓘ
settingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
stars Oliver Hardy ⓘ
Stan Laurel ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1920s suburban America ⓘ
title Big Business ⓘ
writer H. M. Walker ⓘ

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Laurel and Hardy → notableWork → Big Business ⓘ
James Finlayson → notableWork → Big Business ⓘ
Shirley Mitchell → notableWork → Big Business ⓘ