Pre Code Hollywood Season: FD Cinematheque
The Stolen Jools AKA The Slippery Pearls (1931)
Directors:
William C. McGannJohn G. Adolfi…(uncredited)Thomas Atkins…(uncredited)Harold S. Bucquet…(uncredited)Victor Heerman…(uncredited)Russell Mack…(uncredited)
Cast:
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Wallace Beery | … |
Police Sergeant
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Buster Keaton | … |
Policeman
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Jack Hill | … |
Policeman
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J. Farrell MacDonald | … |
Policeman
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Edward G. Robinson | … |
Gangster (as Edward Robinson)
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George E. Stone | … |
Gangster
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Eddie Kane | … |
Inspector Kane
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Stan Laurel | … |
Policeman
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Oliver Hardy | … |
Police Driver
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Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins | … |
Farina (as Farina)
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Matthew ‘Stymie’ Beard | … |
Stymie (as Stymie)
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Norman ‘Chubby’ Chaney | … |
Chubby (as Chubby)
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Mary Ann Jackson | … | |
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Shirley Jean Rickert | … |
Shirley Jean
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Dorothy DeBorba | … |
Echo (as Echo)
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Bobby ‘Wheezer’ Hutchins | … |
Wheezer (as Wheezer)
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Pete the Dog | … |
Pete (as Pete the Pup)
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Polly Moran | … |
Norma Shearer’s Maid
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Norma Shearer | … |
Owner of Stolen Jewels
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Hedda Hopper | … |
Hedda – Norma’s Friend
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Joan Crawford | … | |
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William Haines | … |
Bill Haines
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Dorothy Lee | … |
Autograph Signer
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Victor McLaglen | … | |
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Edmund Lowe | … | |
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El Brendel | … |
Swedish Waiter
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Charles Murray | … |
Kelly (as Charlie Murray)
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George Sidney | … |
Cohen
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Winnie Lightner | … |
Winnie
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Fifi D’Orsay | … |
Fifi D’Orsay
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Warner Baxter | … | |
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Irene Dunne | … |
Irene Dunne
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Bert Wheeler | … |
Bert Wheeler
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Robert Woolsey | … |
Robert Woolsey
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Richard Dix | … |
Richard Dix
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Claudia Dell | … |
Claudia Dell
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Lowell Sherman | … |
Movie Director
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Eugene Pallette | … |
Reporter
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Stuart Erwin | … |
Reporter
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Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher | … |
Reporter (as Skeets Gallagher)
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Gary Cooper | … |
Newspaper Editor
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Wynne Gibson | … |
Reporter
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Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers | … |
‘Buddy’ Rogers (as Buddy Rogers)
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Maurice Chevalier | … | |
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | … |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Loretta Young | … |
Loretta Young
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Richard Barthelmess | … |
Richard Barthelmess
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Charles Butterworth | … |
Claiming to Be Louise Frazenda
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Bebe Daniels | … |
Mrs. Ben Lyon
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Ben Lyon | … |
Ben Lyon
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Barbara Stanwyck | … |
Mrs. Frank Fay
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Frank Fay | … |
Frank Fay
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Jack Oakie | … |
Jack Oakie
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Fay Wray | … |
Fay Wray
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George ‘Gabby’ Hayes | … |
Projectionist (as George Hayes)
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‘Little Billy’ Rhodes | … |
Film Delivery Boy (as Little Billy)
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Mitzi Green | … |
Little Mitzi – Mystery Solver
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Joe E. Brown | … |
Robbery Suspect
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Robert Ames | … |
Robert Ames (uncredited)
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Bert Lytell | … |
Bert Lytell (uncredited)
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The Stolen Jools (1931) is a short comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The UCLA Film and Television Archive entry for this film says—as do the credits—that the film was co-sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes to support the “fine work” of the NVA sanitarium.
When the film was shown in theaters in 1931, a person would appear after the film to ask the audience for donations. Because the film was made for charity, it has an unusually large cast of actors from various studios in addition to Paramount, such as Warner Bros., RKO, MGM, and Hal Roach Studios.
This film was retitled The Slippery Pearls in the United Kingdom. It was thought to have been lost until a print was found in the UK in the 1990s. Another print was later found in the US under the alternative title.
Plot
At the “Screen Stars Annual Ball”, Norma Shearer‘s jewels are stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
Cast, as listed in end credits
- At the Police Station
- The Law
- At the Victim’s House
- Our Gang: Farina, Stymie, Chubby,
Mary Ann Jackson, Shirley Jean Rickert,
Echo, Wheezer, Pete the Pup - Polly Moran
- Norma Shearer
- Hedda Hopper
- Tete-a-Tete
- On the Porch Swing
- At Breakfast
- In the Hotel
- Charlie Murray
- George Sidney
- Winnie Lightner
- Fifi D’Orsay
- Warner Baxter
- Irene Dunne
- At Lunch
- In the Movie Studio
- The Newsmen
- The Detective
- Under the Tree
- Couples at Home
- In a Movie Scene
- Jack Oakie and Fay Wray
- Projectionist
- The Midget
- Little Billy (Billy Rhodes)
- Mitzi Green solves the mystery.[1]
- (Uncredited)
See also
References
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