The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)
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Cast
Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel
The story
Offscreen narrator Pete Smith hails Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, seemingly picked at random in the street. Smith asks if they have any items made of wood on their persons. There is no live sound recording, so Stan and Ollie's responses are in pantomime.
Genres
buddy film, comedy film, propaganda film
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