Baldwin Cooke
Nacimiento : 1888-03-10, New York City, New York, USA
Muerte : 1953-12-31
Historia
COOKE, BALDY (Baldwin Gardiner Cooke, Jr.) Born March 10, 1888, New York, New York. Cooke and his wife Alice toured in vaudeville with Stan (as members of the Stan Jefferson Trio), remaining close friends over the years. He appeared in 31 L&H films, beginning with Two Tars and ending with Swiss Miss. Baldy also worked with Our Gang and Charley Chase and appeared in about 80 films between 1928 and 1942. Baldy and Alice were close friends of Stan, even moving in with Stan and new wife Ruth as chaperones while the Laurels were waiting for Stan’s divorce from Lois to become final. Died December 31, 1953, Los Angeles, age 65.
Waiter (uncredited)
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Años 30. Adaptación de la novela de John Steinbeck “De ratones y hombres” sobre la América de la Gran Depresión. Los protagonistas son dos amigos en paro, uno de ellos un retrasado mental, que son contratados para trabajar en un rancho.
Bus Driver #2
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Farley
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
Diner
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
Customer
Stan y Ollie han abierto su propia tienda de electrodomésticos pero, por desgracia para ellos, la tienda de comestibles de al lado está a cargo del hombre y la mujer que conocieron en "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan y Ollie van de visita para ofrecerle la mano de la amistad, pero el tendero nuevamente se convence de que Ollie y su esposa están bromeando.
Subway passenger (uncredited)
The girls buy a country home that turns out to be a sand trap.
Officer
Stan y Ollie viajan a las montañas por la salud de Ollie y estacionan su caravana cerca de un pozo en el que una pandilla de licoreros ha arrojado su alcohol ilegal anteriormente; y los muchachos proceden a saciar su sed pensando que es agua de montaña rica en hierro. Sin embargo, el verdadero problema no comienza hasta que una pareja casada de automovilistas se detiene para pedir prestada gasolina, y el marido, que ya está de mal humor, deja a su esposa sedienta con los niños mientras él se va a llenar el tanque de gasolina vacío de su automóvil. Se hizo una secuela de esta película: TOMA Y DACA, qv
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Thelma rushes into the apartment she shares with Patsy, excited because she's fallen in love with Archie, a rich man with yachts and a British accent. Patsy isn't impressed and less so when Archie comes calling. She does her best to sink the romance, making noise while the lovers talk and offering Limburger cheese sandwiches. In desperation, Archie calls his brother Benny, who's a sailor, and asks him to keep Patsy company. After a series of mishaps, they end up at a saloon where Patsy orders everything on the menu. Who's going to have to pay?
Clerk
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
Court Official
En una sala del tribunal abarrotada, Butch Long jura vengarse de los 'chivatos' Laurel y Hardy, cuyas pruebas ayudaron a enviarlo a prisión. Asustados, los niños planean irse de la ciudad y buscar a alguien para compartir los gastos con ellos. La mujer que responde al anuncio es en realidad la novia de Butch. Mientras tanto, Butch escapa y se esconde en un baúl en el apartamento de su novia, donde queda encerrado. Sin darse cuenta de quién es, Stan y Ollie finalmente logran abrir el baúl y luego Butch se venga.
Radio Man
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
Fourth Butler, with Soup (uncredited)
At a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and Patsy, two salon attendants, to a party, mistakenly thinking they are social acquaintances whom she wants to entertain a visiting count. Just before our working-class pair arrives at the party, the hostess is called away to see to an ill dog. Thelma tries to behave in a refined way, but Patsy, with a head full of practical jokes and a bra filled with trick gadgets, turns the party on its head. The butler calls the hostess back to her home. Is Thelma and Patsy's moment in high society coming to a crashing end?
Spectator (uncredited)
Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.
French Waiter (uncredited)
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Un año antes de la primera escena, Stan se casó con la hermana de Ollie y Ollie se casó con la hermana de Stan en una boda doble. Todos viven juntos y Stan y Ollie trabajan en la misma oficina.
Amusement Park Barker
A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.
Hotel Clerk
Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.
Orderly (uncredited)
When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.
Court Recorder
Ya que en la cárcel no cabe ni un preso más, el juez ordena a los vagabundos Stan y Ollie que abandonen la ciudad antes de una hora. Una vez en la calle y bajo la lluvia, los chicos ayudan a un borracho a recuperar las llaves de su coche. Éste, agradecido, los llevará de vuelta a casa, ¡pero a la casa equivocada!
Diner Attendant
The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.
Spectator
Ya en puerto, tras una expedición ballenera, Stan y Ollie se hospedan en un hotelucho en el que salvan a una chica de tener que casarse con el rudo propietario del lugar. En su huida, olvidan el dinero ganado. Pronto, Stan se ve convertido en boxeador para conseguir de nuevo dinero.
Detective (uncredited)
The boyfriends rush into action when the girlfriends think there's a burglar in the house.
Mr. Cooke (uncredited)
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail?
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
Newspaper Reader
Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.
Office Worker
Ollie es candidato a alcalde cuando un viejo amor (Mae Busch) intenta chantajearlo con una foto antigua ("el mismo viejo muchacho con mejillas como manzanas"). Los intentos de Stan por ayudar a mantener a raya a la chantajiste de Ollie hacen incurrir en la ira de la señora Laurel, que se venga con un hacha.
Cookie
Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".
Passenger
Noche de duendes es la versión española de 1930 de dos cortometrajes de Stan Laurel y Oliver Hardy (Stanlio y Ollio): Concierto para violonchelo (1929) y los vagabundos (1930), dirigido por James Parrott. La película ve los dos cortometrajes unidos entre sí, con diálogos cambiados, como si se tratara de un solo medio largometraje.
Man at Window (uncredited)
Los músicos callejeros Stan y Ollie no tienen éxito en ganar dinero en pleno invierno en un barrio malo. Sus instrumentos se destruyen en una discusión con una mujer, pero su suerte parece cambiar cuando Stan encuentra una billetera.
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
Waiter (uncredited)
Stan le miente a su esposa acerca de ir a un club nocturno con Ollie, pero la Sra. Laurel escucha el complot y los engaña a ambos.
Waiter
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Boater (uncredited)
Los marinos Stan y Ollie conocen a dos chicas en el parque. Después de una agradable visita a una heladería, deciden ir al lago a remar, allí comenzarán los líos.
The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville. It was only their second sound film, but a silent version was also made for cinemas at the time that were not equipped to show talkies.
Gangster
This film revolves around Election Day, a day on which Jay R. and Joe are fighting to get votes. They warn the kids that they'll be socked in the jaw if they don't vote for them, but the kids are just trying to go about their business, namely Farina. His mother wants him to deliver laundry to her clients, but he can't go anywhere without being harassed by the gang. To escape them, he dons several costumes including that as an older woman, a dancer, and a scarecrow.
