A Chump at Oxford

"Figuring out a grand time for you!"

Feb 16 1940 Approved 1h 2m
Comedy

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

Plot

With Stan in drag, the boys get jobs as a married butler and maid for a dinner party at the Vandeveres. When that ends in disaster, they're reduced to sweeping streets, and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford for a proper education. There they become victims of student pranks, getting lost in the university's Maze, and taking over the Dean's quarters as their own; but, then a knock on the head turns Stan "back" into the famed Lord Paddington, scholar and athlete extraordinaire. Suddenly erudite and supercilious, he retains Oliver as his valet, "Fatty."

Written by

Charley Rogers, Felix Adler, Harry Langdon

Directed by

Alfred J. Goulding

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Hal Roach Studios

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

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