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The Gown Shop

The Gown Shop

Comedy

15m

August 13, 1923 (102 years ago)

Overview

Here we have 'The Gown Shop', very much in Semon's usual style but with fewer laughs than usual. Semon plays his default character, a grotesque hard-working incompetent. (I'm going to be using the word 'grotesque' a lot in this particular review.) This time round, he blunders into a boutique. After causing some damage he can't pay for, Larry is put to work as a general dogsbody. Mayhem ensues.

ActorAge thenAge now
Larry Semon

Larry Semon

Larry, a salesman

Birthday: July 14, 1889

34 October 8, 1928 (39)
Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Store manager

Birthday: January 18, 1892

31 August 7, 1957 (65)