Blotto
Blotto is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by James Parrott and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The short was produced by Hal Roach and originally distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
During the Prohibition era, Laurel and Hardy plan an evening at the Rainbow Club, a lively venue. Stan, eager to escape his nagging wife, agrees to a scheme devised by Ollie to feign a business-related absence. However, their telephone conversation is overheard by Stan's wife, prompting her to enact her own plan.
More details
| author | H. M. Walker Leo McCarey |
|---|---|
| director | James Parrott |
| editor | Richard C. Currier William H. Ziegler |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | even josephine baker nagging wife prohibition era prohibition in the united states telephone conversation |
| musicBy | Leroy Shield |
| producer | Hal Roach |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | short |