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Get 'Em Young

Get 'Em Young

1926Short⏱️ 19mNot Rated
ShortComedy
5.7
IMDB Rating
109 votes

Returning from Europe to get a million dollars by fulfilling the provisions in a will, a young man falls in love and is married on the boat. As he has to be married in the presence of the executor of the will, he attempts to pass ...

Director
N/A
Writers
Stan Laurel, James Parrott, H.M. Walker
Stars
Stan Laurel, Harry Myers, Eugenia Gilbert
Release Date
October 31, 1926
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
as Summers the Butler
Harry Myers
Harry Myers
as Orvid Joy
Eugenia Gilbert
Eugenia Gilbert
as The Girl
Max Davidson
Max Davidson
as Isaac Goldberg - A Lawyer
Charlotte Mineau
Charlotte Mineau
as Hired Bride
Fred Malatesta
Fred Malatesta
as Executor
👤
Ernest Wood
as Lawrence Lavendar Virgin - A Female Impersonator
👤
Al Flores
as Ship Passenger

🎬 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

1920simpostorcross dressingcross dresserman posing as a woman

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Stan Laurel replaces Oliver Hardy in Get 'Em Young
by tonyvmonte-549732025-05-30
7/10

"This was one of two films, the other being Raggedy Rose, Oliver Hardy had to drop out of because of an arm injury caused by hot cooking grease falling on it. Stan Laurel, who originally was going to direct this, was persuaded to take his place even though his previous contract with Joe Rock forbade him from making any onscreen appearances at a rival studio, in this case, Hal Roach's. Roach managed to convince Laurel to change his mind to the tune of a $100 raise per week. So here Stan plays a butler who's forced to don drag to "marry" his employer so he can inherit a millio..."

💡 Did You Know?

In Montreal, 9 January 1927, at the Laurier Palace theatre, 78 people died during a showing of this film. A fire broke out in the projection room, and was quickly under control, but the audience, consisting mostly of children, panicked and stampeded towards the exits; those in the gallery became trapped in the stairwell, and the 78 died of being crushed. 77 of the dead were 16 years old or younger.

📖 Synopsis

Returning from Europe to get a million dollars by fulfilling the provisions in a will, a young man falls in love and is married on the boat. As he has to be married in the presence of the executor of the will, he attempts to pass ...