Directed by:
Hal YatesCinematography:
Art LloydCast:
Anita Garvin, Marion Byron, Edgar Kennedy, Stuart Erwin, Spec O'Donnell, Edgar Dearing, Ellinor Vanderveer, Ham Kinsey, Harry Bernard, Charlie HallPlots(1)
A Pair of Tights (1929) offers all the common gimmicks from face-hitting ice cream cones to jamming revolving doors and from goofy policemen to annoying little brats. Most intriguingly the main characters are a pair of female comedians: Anita Garvin (1907–1994) made a lengthy career as a comedienne, playing most notoriously wives of Laurel and Hardy, and Marion Byron (1911– 1985) who fought great battles on screen with the likes of Buster Keaton, Max Davidson, Edgar Kennedy and Charlie Chase. Alas, their teaming-up was short-lived. (Midnight Sun Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Anita Garvin
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Topper (1937)
Marion Byron
USA
Best movies:
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Edgar Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Double Wedding (1937)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Stuart Erwin
USA
Best movies:
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
Spec O'Donnell
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Ellinor Vanderveer
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Ham Kinsey
USA
Best movies:
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Swiss Miss (1938)
Harry Bernard
USA
Charlie Hall
UK