Zenobia (1939)

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Walter DeLeon (story) &
Arnold Belgard (story) ...

Release Date:

21 abril 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A southern country doctor is called on by a visiting circus man to cure his sick elephant. After the doctor heals the grateful beast...

Plot Keywords:

Jury | Musician | Heritage | Carnival | Courtroom

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Oliver Hardy Stars Solo

Cast

Oliver Hardy	...	Dr. Henry Tibbett
Harry Langdon	...	Professor McCrackle
Billie Burke	...	Mrs. Bessie Tibbett
Alice Brady	...	Mrs. Emily Carter
James Ellison	...	Jeff Carter
Jean Parker	...	Mary Tibbett
June Lang	...	Virginia Reynolds
Olin Howland	...	Attorney Culpepper
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Judge
Stepin Fetchit	...	Zero (as Step'n Fetchit)
Hattie McDaniel	...	Dehlia (as Hattie McDaniels)
Philip Hurlic	...	Zeke (as Phillip Hurlic)
Hobart Cavanaugh	...	Mr. Dover
Clem Bevans	...	Sheriff
Tommy Mack	...	Mr. Miller - the Butcher

También conocida como:

Elephants Never Forget (UK)
It's Spring Again (USA) (working title)
This Time It's Love (USA) (working title)
We the People (USA) (working title)

Duración:

73 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #5022) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Hal Roach Studios Inc.

Trivialidades:

This film was originally developed as a Laurel and Hardy vehicle, but was re-scripted after Stan Laurel had a falling out with Hal Roach and left the studio for quite some time in 1938-1939.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Of Mice and Men (1939)

Soundtrack:

I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls

Oliver Hardy Stars Solo

Oliver Hardy stars as a small-town doctor in Mississippi who hits on hard times when he insults the local rich woman (Alice Brady). Meanwhile his daughter (Jean Parker) is engaged to the rich woman's son (James Ellison). Brady will not have Parker as a daughter-in-law because the the family's low social standing. Hardy's wife (Billie Burke)invites everyone to dinner to try to smooth thing over. Disaster.

When Hardy is summoned to come help someone who is sick, he races across town only to find that the patient is an elephant (Zenobia) in a traveling carnival. Zenobia's owner (silent comic great, Harry Langdon) helps Hardy figure out how to treat an elephant. Zenobia is so grateful, she falls in love with Hardy and refuses to leave his side. Langdon gets mad and sues Hardy (with the help of mean-spirited Brady). There is a good court room scene and the usual ending.

The cast works well in this mild but pleasant comedy. Many will be disappointed by Langdon's standing in for Stan Laurel, but it's interesting to see Langdon in a talkie. Definitely a B film, but not without its good points.

Hardy is very good in a comic role that allows him a little room to act. Burke and Brady are total pros, and Jean Parker is pretty and pleasing. Ellison is a blank.

Hattie McDaniel plays the cook, J. Farrell McDonald is the judge, Olin Howland is the lawyer, Hobart Cavanaugh plays a patient, Philip Hurlic (as the kid) has a great scene, June Lang plays a rival, and Stepin Fetchit plays himself. William Bakewell can be spotted in a bit part.