Them Thar Hills

1934 0h 20m EN

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 78

Comedy

Synopsis

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Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Mae Busch
Mrs. Hall
Charlie Hall
Mr. Hall
Billy Gilbert
The Doctor
Bobby Dunn
Moonshiner
Richard Alexander
Moonshiner
Sam Lufkin
Moonshiner (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charley Rogers
Writers: Stan Laurel, H.M. Walker
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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92 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charley Rogers, shot by Art Lloyd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bert Jordan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and Mae Busch carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0025873 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 78 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Charley Rogers directs. Art Lloyd behind the camera. Bert Jordan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
292 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Charley Rogers, shot by Art Lloyd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Bert Jordan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and Mae Busch carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0025873 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 78 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "mountain", "woods", "slapstick comedy", "black and white".

The technical file

Cinematography: Art Lloyd
Editing: Bert Jordan
Runtime: 20 min · 0h 20m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Them Thar Hills (1934)

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Community reviews

What people are saying

talisencrw2016-06-28
★ 9/10
Some genius comedic bits here, as on a much-needed vacation to soothe Ollie's nerves, the famed duo camp in the country and inadvertently get drunk on moonshine, thinking it's 'healthy mountain water'. They share its virtues with a beautiful woman and then have to deal with the crazily jealous husband. Highly recommended if and when you need a few really good laughs!
CinemaSerf2022-06-13
★ 7/10
So poor old Ollie has gout! To help him recover, he and Stan retreat to a remote mountain shack where it transpires the local moonshiners have been hiding their produce in plain sight - in the well! Gradually the pair discover that they are rather partial to the local water. There is a fun sequence with Charlie Hall amongst some amiable antics, and though maybe we have seen a few of the scenarios elsewhere amongst this duo's output before, this is a tightly paced but simple and amusing twenty minute outing that I really quite enjoyed.