A chump at oxford is that rare laurel and hardy feature with one brilliant sequence that overshadows the rest of the film. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, wilfred lucas, forbes murray, charlie hall, richard cramer. In any case, this was the last time the pair had any creative input regarding their own films. A chump at oxford 1940 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A chump at oxford 1940 when uneducated street sweepers stan stan laurel and ollie oliver hardy inadvertently catch a bank robber, the bank rewards the pair by paying for their education at. This old print was manufactured by peak films of the uk, and is mounted on a 200 reel, in its original sealed box, however the original cellophane wrapper is well frayed, and has separated in.
The opening shot shows stan and ollie hitchhiking to an employment agency. With stan in drag, the boys get jobs as a butler and maid for a dinner party at the vandeveres. Look out for an early film appearance by future british horror film legend peter. Oxford is the better film, but both are entertaining. In saps at sea comedy movie 1940, ollie oliver hardy is at the end of his rope. At mgm and fox, they were handed a script and told to do it the studio way. As a reward for capturing a bank robber, stan and ollie get scholarship to oxford, but are met with resentment by other students. Directed by 1 writing credits 7 cast 46 produced by 2 music by 1. A chump at oxford is a 1939 film about two men who get scholarship to oxford, but are met with resentment by other students. A chump at oxford, stan and ollies second to last film for hal roach and their second to last decent film, is highly entertaining as. He works at a horn factory, but every time he hears a horn, he. Released 1940, a chump at oxford stars stan laurel, oliver hardy, james finlayson, forrester harvey the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 3 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Laurel and hardy a chump at oxford watch free classic movie. Access to the archives stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights holders.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Goulding with stan laurel, oliver hardy, forrester harvey, wilfred lucas, year. We will retain information submitted to us for possible future use, to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring the bbcs broadcast history to life, but we will not be publishing it. After that ends in disaster, theyre reduced to sweeping streets, and accidentally capture a bank robber. Buy a chump at oxford movie posters from movie poster shop. A yank at oxford and its sequel, the 1942 a yank at eton, portrayed the british in a mainly positive light, and set the scene for other films that were popular in both the united states and the united kingdom during the war years. The halls of academia are in for it when laurel and hardy are given a chance at an oxford education after foiling a bank robbery, and ollies in for it when a flowerpot on the head leaves stan thinking hes a vain british aristocrat, in this gradea comedy. Overview of a chump at oxford, 1940, directed by alfred goulding, with stan. After that ends in disaster, theyre reduced to sweeping streets, and accidentally capture a bank. Stan laurel, oliver hardy, forrester harvey, wilfred lucas, forbes murray, frank baker, eddie borden, gerald rogers, victor kendall. Stan laurel, having been knocked on the head, has adopted the personality of oxford s legendary and longlost hero lord paddington, therefore treats pal oliver hardy as a servant, and receives the supplicant dean wilfred lucas, in a chump at oxford.
The remake of from soup to nuts in the six reel version of the film is funny, the maze sequence is tedious, and the business in the deans bedroom is a regular riot. And these days you almost have to be on an expedition to find their movies, since many are no longer reissued on video. Slapstick fun with laurel and hardy in a story set on both sides of the atlantic. Not so much a parody of the nonsensically moralising a yank at oxford as an amiable shaggydog romp through the usual laurel and hardy routines. In the movie s final scenes, stan laurel played a snob named lord paddington. Originally released as a streamliner featurette at forty minutes long, the original streamliner version was slightly reedited and twenty minutes of footage largely unrelated to the main plot were later added for european.
A chump at oxford by alfred goulding alfred goulding. Be sure to check out the funny movie quotes from a chump in oxford. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at, or by clicking here. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. Chump at oxford, a 1940 movie clip professor einstein. The film was later parodied in the laurel and hardy film a chump at oxford 1940 and remade as oxford blues 1984.
It came with 2 dvds, the full length version and a chopped down version showing mainly the one leading up to the oxford events and the events at oxford. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The title echoes the film a yank at oxford 1938, of which it is a partial parody. Goulding and released in 1940 by united artists, was the penultimate laurel and hardy film made at the hal roach studios. But the moment stan turns into lord paddington, a chump at oxford becomes one of laurel and hardys greatest films. The producer announced he would utilize them in the new film format he created, the streamliner, approximately double the length of a tworeeler. A chump at oxford has a 20minute preeamble, during which i wondered if the title was as random as a marx brothers title but then half of every harold lloyd movie is preamble, but no they go. The boys are cast as streetsweepers who hope to better their lot in life by attending night school.
A chump at oxford 1940 stream and watch online moviefone. A chump at oxford movie posters from movie poster shop. Oliver hardy and stan laurel in a chump at oxford 1939 stan laurel in a. As others have pointed out, chump was originally a 45minute film, but european distributors demanded at least a full hour for features. A chump at oxford actually seems like several little movies edited together and, indeed, according to one account the dinner scene which opens this movie a reprise of a silent film comedy dinner scene was added later. For film collectors and comedy lovers, here is stan laurel and oliver hardy in fine form, in this 8mm silent home movie edition of a chump at oxford. Laurel and hardya chump at oxford watch free classic movie. When shooting was finished on the latter film, the team was summoned back to roach to film a 2reel prologue for oxford, bringing the films running time up to 63. Those philosophers of phun in a new screamlined comedy. The information given here refers to film material in the swedish film institutes archive. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing a chump at oxford near you. A chump at oxford directed by alfred goulding available.
Our favourite bowler hatted comic pairing of yesteryear,go from. The thankful bank president sends them to oxford to get an education. Stan and ollie meet the bullingdon club in this anarchic social comedy, from their poor attempts at being a butler and a maid crossdressing ahoy to stans longlost position as a lord, a chump at oxford is immensely entertaining, if barely connected, set of vignettes. Youll spot the real beginning of the movie about 20.
All a chump at oxford movie posters,high res movie posters image for a chump at oxford. Fate intervenes when stan and ollie are instrumental in the capture of a bank robber. This is the only instance after 1927 in which stan laurel played a role not related to his stanley character. Originally released as a streamliner featurette at forty minutes long, the original streamliner version was slightly reedited and twenty minutes of footage largely unrelated. A chump at oxford 1939, directed by alfred goulding film. But the moment stan turns into lord paddington, a chump. Back at hal roach studios for the first time since 1938s blockheads, stan laurel and oliver hardy star in the uneven but generally rewarding a chump at oxford.