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Big Business (1929 film)

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Big Business (1929)
James Wesley Horne and Thomas Leo McCarey

A 1929 silent Laurel and Hardy comedy short. Listed in the National Film Registry in 1992.

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Cast and Crew
Cast
RoleActor
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Jimmy Finlayson
Charlie Hall
Lyle Tayo
Retta Palmer
Tiny Sandford
Crew
Production companyHal Roach Studios
DistributorMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
DirectorJames W. Horne (d. 1942), Leo McCarey (d. 1969)
ProducerHal Roach (d. 1992)
ScreenwriterH. M. Walker (d. 1937), Leo McCarey
CinematographerGeorge Stevens (d. 1975)
EditorRichard C. Currier
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1992, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 32 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.
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4703077Big Business1929James Wesley Horne and Thomas Leo McCarey

HAL ROACH
presents
STAN LAUREL
and
OLIVER HARDY

IN
BIG BUSINESS

Directed by
J. WESLEY HORNE
Supervising Director
LEO Mc CAREY

Photographed by GEORGE STEVENS
Edited by RICHARD CURRIER
Titles by H. M. WALKER

The story of a man who turned the other cheek—And got punched on the nose—

"—Selling Christmas trees in California—"

room number shown on door in scene 301

"—Wouldn't you like to buy a Christmas tree?—"

"—Wouldn't your husband like to buy one?—"

"—I have no husband—"

"—If you had a husband, would he buy one?—"

"—From now on I'll do the talking!—"

POSITIVELY NO PEDDLERS
OR SOLICITORS

"—It's personality that wins—"

"—Come on, Personality—"

room number shown on door in scene 281

"—I don't think he wants a tree—"

"—I've got a big business idea—"

"—Could I take your order for next year?—"

"—It's a sale!—"

"—Give me the ambulance corps!—"

"—Who started all this?—"

"—So you started this!—"

"—Merry Christmas—"

The End


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.


Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:

  • The principal director
  • The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
  • The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
  • The cinematographer
  • By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot

The longest-living of these authors died in 1992, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 32 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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