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A Chump at Oxford

1940 · 63 min

A gentle black-and-white romp of slapstick mishaps and silly misunderstandings that coasts along on cheerful, harmless silliness.

Tagline
Figuring out a grand time for you!
Overview
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • class
  • education
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Alfred J. Goulding
Written by
Harry Langdon, Felix Adler, Charley Rogers
Starring
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey, Wilfred Lucas, Forbes Murray, Frank Baker, Eddie Borden, Gerald Rogers
Runtime
63 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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