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Back to the Farm
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Wikipedia article
'Back to the Farm' is a lost 1914 silent comedy short film that co-starred Oliver "Babe" Hardy and Herbert "Bert" Tracy. Written by Will Louis and produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company of Pennsylvania, the short was filmed in Jacksonville, Florida.Louvish, Simon. "Babe: All Broken Out with the Movies", 'Stan and Ollie, the Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy'. New York: St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books, 2002, pp. 89-97, 481. It was directed by Joseph Levering, likely in collaboration with the chief director on Lubin's production staff in Jacksonville, Arthur Hotaling.
Cast
*Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy) as Tom
*Herbert Tracy as Bob
*Roy Byron as Mr. Cassett
*Eloise Willard as Auntie
*Mabel Paige as Mrs. Cassett
Release and reception
In its review of the comedy after its release in August 1914, the New York-based trade journal 'Motion Picture News' judged it to be very funny. The publication also described the disarming effect that the main characters' childish, dim-witted personalities had on some potentially objectionable or bawdy scenes:
See also
* List of American films of 1914
* Oliver Hardy filmography
References
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