Big Business

1929 · 19min · Black and White · None · English

The story of a man who turned the other cheek-and got punched in the nose.

Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.

IMDb rating - 7.7/10 from 3K users

Genres - Short · Comedy · Family

Director - James W. Horne · Leo McCarey(supervising)

Writer - H.M. Walker(titles) · Leo McCarey(uncredited)

Stars - Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · James Finlayson(uncredited)

Story line - Stan and Ollie are Christmas tree salesmen in California. Business is slow and a simple argument with one grumpy prospective customer (James Finlayson) escalates from a simple argument into full scale mutual destruction - with Stan and Ollie destroying the customer's house and garden, whilst Finlayson reduces their car to scrap metal... all under the disbelieving gaze of a police officer and an assembled crowd. —Steve Smith

Release date - April 20, 1929 (United States)

Countries of origin - United States

Official site - www.laurel-and-hardy.com

Also known as - Велика справа

Filming locations - 10281 Dunleer Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production company - Hal Roach Studios