The Gown Shop(1923)

Name: The Gown Shop
Director: Larry Semon
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1923-01-01
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy

Larry Semon Oliver Hardy

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.