Love and Duty

Love and Duty

12 mins | Comedy | Sept. 21, 1916

Ollie is a love-struck private who is drilled by his unsympathetic lieutenant at reveille. The colonel of the regiment wants his daughter to marry the lieutenant but she has her heart set on the chubby-faced Hardy, who himself is in love with another woman. He is thrown into a cell for disobeying orders, where he later escapes with the assistance of his sweetheart, and a casual touch of assault when he bumps the guard with his large stomach. The final chase scene ends with everyone getting what they want.

Love and Duty

12 mins | Comedy | Sept. 21, 1916

Love and Duty
Ollie is a love-struck private who is drilled by his unsympathetic lieutenant at reveille. The colonel of the regiment wants his daughter to marry the lieutenant but she has her heart set on the chubby-faced Hardy, who himself is in love with another woman. He is thrown into a cell for disobeying orders, where he later escapes with the assistance of his sweetheart, and a casual touch of assault when he bumps the guard with his large stomach. The final chase scene ends with everyone getting what they want.
Producers Vim Comedy Film Company
Original title Love and Duty
Directors Will Louis, Arthur Hotaling
Writers

Cast

Oliver Hardy

as Pvt. Plump

Billy Ruge

as Lt. Runt

Bert Tracy

as Col. Tracy

Florence McLaughlin

as His daughter

Ray Godfrey

as The sweetheart of the regiment