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Short Orders

Short Orders

1923Short⏱️ 12mNot Rated
ShortComedy
5.6
IMDB Rating
93 votes

Stan Laurel bounces between the kitchen and dining room of a disordered restaurant. Menu specialties include over-sugared doughnuts, exploding meringues, stinky cheese sandwiches and steaks that double as shoe leather. A final deb...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Stan Laurel, Marie Mosquini, Eddie Baker
Release Date
September 2, 1923
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
as Waiter
Marie Mosquini
Marie Mosquini
as Cashier
Eddie Baker
Eddie Baker
as Cafe Owner
George Rowe
George Rowe
as Chef
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Jack Ackroyd
as Customer
Mark Jones
Mark Jones
as Customer
John M. O'Brien
John M. O'Brien
as Customer
Charles Stevenson
Charles Stevenson
as Customer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Hal Roach Studios

🏷️ Keywords

restaurantwaiterstinky foodmeringuebroken window

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Two good scenes and not much more.
by planktonrules2009-02-11
6/10

"SHORT ORDER is a decent but not especially distinguished Stan Laurel film. This was made four years before his permanent pairing with Oliver Hardy and up until 1927, he had been a solo act for over a decade. This one is slightly better than his average film because two decent scenes manage to bolster an otherwise drab film. Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. The first is a Limburger cheese bit that is low-brow but funny. The second is the final scene with dogs following Stan at t..."

📖 Synopsis

Stan Laurel bounces between the kitchen and dining room of a disordered restaurant. Menu specialties include over-sugared doughnuts, exploding meringues, stinky cheese sandwiches and steaks that double as shoe leather. A final deb...