The Stolen Jools (Short 1931)

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Norma Shearer

Owner of Stolen Jewels

Stan Laurel

Policeman

Oliver Hardy

Police Driver

Wallace Beery

Police Sergeant

Buster Keaton

Policeman

Jack Hill

Policeman

J. Farrell MacDonald

Policeman

Edward G. Robinson

Gangster
(as Edward Robinson)

George E. Stone

Gangster

Eddie Kane

Inspector Kane

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Farina
(as Farina)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Stymie
(as Stymie)

Norman 'Chubby' Chaney

Chubby
(as Chubby)

Mary Ann Jackson

Mary Ann Jackson

Shirley Jean Rickert

Shirley Jean

Dorothy DeBorba

Echo
(as Echo)

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Wheezer
(as Wheezer)

Pete the Dog

Pete
(as Pete the Pup)

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Trivia
"The Stolen Jools" is this film's original title. It was made by the National Vaudeville Artists (NVA) as part of a charity campaign and distributed free to theatres in 1931. After the showing a live speaker would come out and request donations. The film was rediscovered in 1972 in Britain, where it had been released in 1932 as "The Slippery Pearls," one of the Masquers Club comedy series for RKO. Subsequently a U.S. print was discovered and the film's true title, origin and purpose were at last known.

Goofs
On Detective Kane's pawn ticket, "saxophone" is misspelled "saxaphone."

Quotes
Frank Fay: We know each other. We're married!

Alternate versions
Original release included several musical numbers, including ones performed by Dorothy Lee, Warner Baxter and Maurice Chevalier. Prints of this original version survive, but all circulating prints derive from the Blackhawk Films version which cut the musical numbers out in the interest of copyright. This cut version is the only one that has ever been released on the home movie market, video or DVD. The original cut does survive in Blackhawk Films' collection.

Connections
Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)

Nice effort, considering it was for a charity

I just caught this old thing as an add-on for Dementia 13 on Haunted Hollywood (A light night movie program that shows here in Dallas). It wasn't quite the laugh riot it was intended to be, but there were several moments worth catching. Laurel and Hardy, for example, as 2 detectives that mistakenly make a final payment on their car. There was a funny bit with someone I thought was George Burns, but have found that it actually was someone else I don't know. Don't look for a solid story line, rather expect a series of gags, skits and one liners, not all of which hit the mark.. When you have half of Hollywood out for cameos, that's about all one can expect.