Do Detectives Think

Do Detectives Think? is a silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. Do Detectives Think? is most notable for featuring the comedians in their familiar garb of crumpled suits and bowler hats for the very first time, the standard costumes of detectives of the time.

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Release date:	November 20, 1927
Directed by:	Fred Guiol
Runtime:	19 Minutes
Producer:	Hal Roach
Screenplay by:	Hal Roach, H. M. Walker
Genre:	Short Film, Comedy

Cast of Do Detectives Think

Oliver Hardy

Born:Jan. 18, 1892

Died:Aug. 7, 1957

Stan Laurel

Born:June 16, 1890

Died:Feb. 23, 1965

Wilson Benge

Born:Mar. 1, 1875

Died:July 1, 1955

Noah Young

Born:Feb. 2, 1887

Died:Apr. 18, 1958

Frank Brownlee

Born:Oct. 11, 1874

Died:Feb. 10, 1948

Charles A. Bachman

Born:July 12, 1882

Died:May 14, 1966

Film director of Do Detectives Think

Fred Guiol

Born: February 17, 1898

Died: May 23, 1964

Fred Guiol was an American film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their famous comic partnership gradually developed during 1927. Along with Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for an Academy Award...
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