Nuts in May (film)

Nuts in May (1917) is a silent comedy short, directed by Robin Williamson, produced by Isadore Bernstein, and featuring Stan Laurel, billed as Stan Jefferson, in his onscreen debut.[1]

For the British TV film, see Nuts in May.
Nuts in May
Directed byRobin Williamson
Produced byIsadore Bernstein
StarringStan Laurel
CinematographyHarry M. Fowler
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles

The short was filmed at Bernstein Studios, in Hollywood, California. Very little of the film survives (a little over 60 seconds).[2]

Plot

Stan plays a resident of "Home for the Weak-Minded", apparently a lunatic asylum. Stan's particular delusion is that he thinks he's Napoleon. Stan walks the grounds of the cuckoo-hatch sticking his right hand into his shirt and wearing a Napoleon hat. He thinks he's Napoleon, but he gives the salute of the British army.

Stan has his own personal keeper in the asylum: a taller moustached man who wears a kepi so that Stan will think he's a French officer.

Stan gets out and finds some local boys, who eagerly join him in playing soldier. Stan's kepi-wearing keeper pursues him through the film. Stan hijacks a steamroller, and Stan nearly runs down some workers in a road crew.

The surviving footage consists of Stan in various scrapes with a steamroller, ending with him in a straw boater being dragged off to the asylum.

Cast and crew

See also

References
  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Nuts in May". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  2. SilentEra entry


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