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Bacon Grabbers
Theatrical poster for Bacon Grabbers (1929)
Directed byLewis R. Foster
Written byLeo McCarey
H.M. Walker
Produced byHal Roach
StarringStan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
CinematographyGeorge Stevens
Edited byRichard C. Currier
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 19, 1929 (1929-10-19)
Running time
20 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English (original intertitles)

Bacon Grabbers is a 1929 silent comedy short starring Laurel and Hardy.

Plot

Repossession men Laurel and Hardy serve a summons to Mr. Kennedy, who has failed to pay the installments for his radio since 1921. They wind up destroying both their car and the radio, as Mrs. Kennedy returns home to announce she's just paid for the radio.

Notes

The title Bacon Grabbers is 1920s slang for a "repo men."

The movie was filmed at 2980 Haddington Drive and 10341 Bannockburn Drive in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles.[1]

Cast

References

  1. ^ The Movieland Directory: Nearly 30,000 Addresses of Celebrity Homes, Film Locations and Historical Sites in the Los Angeles Area, 1900-Present. McFarland. 10 August 2010. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-7864-4337-6.