Duck Soup (1927)

Produced by Hal Roach
Directed by Fred Guiol

Featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Madeline Hurlock, William Austin and Robert Kortman

 
   

Vagrants Stan and Ollie hide in a deserted mansion to avoid fighting forest fires. When prospective tenants arrive, Ollie must pose as the owner while Stan takes the job of maid!

Duck Soup was the first time Stan and Oliver used their now - familiar characters.

The film was considered lost until a print was discovered in 1974.