ZENOBIA (1939) - ♦

Directed by - Gordon Douglas

Written by - Corey Ford, Walter DeLeon, Arnold Belgard, Norm Blackburn (based on a story by H.C. Brunner)

Starring - Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, Jean Parker

"A Southern doctor is called by a circus man to visit his elephant Zenobia; the elephant, however, becomes so attatched to the doctor that she starts following him everywhere. In cinematic terms it was always going to be hard to accept a film where Laurel and Hardy had been separated. Nevertheless, a short inclusion of Harry Langdon could have been handled better. The truth is, this film is quite obviously half hearted and there is hardly any drive in it at all apart from a contractual agreement that had to be honoured. Forgettable and lacking originality."

Comedy, USA