The Chimp

The Chimp is a Laurel & Hardy sound short film released 21 May 1932. 
== Summary ==
Stan and Ollie are working at the circus. They first appear in the Pantomime horse and then as assistants to Destructo, a strongman. Laurel and Hardy cause Destructo's cannonball-catching act to go wrong, destroying the big top and bankrupting the circus. The circus can't pay them their wages so Ollie is given a gorilla called Ethel and Stanley a Flea Circus as a payoff. Ethel is dressed in a ballet tutu and hat. Stan and Ollie need to find a room to stay in overnight and they go to a guest house. The landlord gives them a room but refuses to let Ethel stay. A lion named MGM after the MGM lion has escaped from the circus. Stan and Ollie try to smuggle Ethel into their room whilst avoiding MGM. They decide to leave Ethel outside for the night and go to bed. Stan falls out of bed and decides to sleep in the spare bed. Ethel climbs in through the window and gets into bed with Ollie. Ethel steals the blanket from him so he decides to use the spare bed as well. They both begin to itch and find that the flea circus has escaped into the bed. Another guest at the house puts some music on and Ethel begins to dance. The landlord has a wife called Ethel, so when Oliver tells the gorilla to stop dancing the landlord thinks his wife is in their room. The landlord confronts them with a pistol. The gorilla gets hold of the pistol and begins to shoot, scaring everyone out of the room.
== Cast ==
* Stanley Laurel as Himself
* Oliver Hardy as Himself
* Tiny Sandford as Destructo
* Billy Gilbert as Landlord
* Charles Gemora as Ethel the gorilla, Opening announcer
* Jimmy Finlayson as Ringmaster
* Dorothy Granger as Ethel the landlord's wife
* Belle Hare as Laid-off circus performer
* George Miller as Circus owner
* Bobby Burns as Tenant
* Jack Hill as Audience member
* Lois Laurel as Audience member
* Baldwin Cooke 
* Dorothy Layton 
== Trivia ==
* Despite the film's title Ethel isn't a chimpanzee. 
 
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