Double Trouble (1941)
Recently, I came across a series of articles at the website, The Scribe Files, which described the relationship between Harry Langdon and Stan Laurel , two comedians who I've always thought had some similarities. The articles are definitely worth checking out, but one thing that really interested me was reading about Langdon's last two starring features: Double Trouble and House of Errors , both of which saw him in a pairing with Charley Rogers. Rogers, like Langdon, was a gag writer for Laurel and Hardy, although his direct association with the duo went back farther than Langdon's. He also had some bit roles in those films as well, but as far as I'm aware, this was the closest he got to being a star comic himself. The idea of these two Laurel and Hardy influences being paired together fascinated me, so I decided to check out Double Trouble , and...yeah, they actually are a pretty good pairing. Harry and Charley are Albert and Alfred Prattle, two men from London who are