From Soup to Nuts

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Comedy

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

Released: Mar 24, 1928

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Stan Laurel

Hired butler

Oliver Hardy

Hired butler

Anita Garvin

Mrs. Culpepper

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