They Bought a Boat

1914

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Oliver Hardy, Royal Byron, and C.W. Ritchie in They Bought a Boat (1914)

Jack and Billy buy a boat and hire a cabin boy. A government inspector tells them they must have safety equipment. They buy too much, overload the boat, and it sinks.Jack and Billy buy a boat and hire a cabin boy. A government inspector tells them they must have safety equipment. They buy too much, overload the boat, and it sinks.Jack and Billy buy a boat and hire a cabin boy. A government inspector tells them they must have safety equipment. They buy too much, overload the boat, and it sinks.

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Royal Byron

Captain Jack Burns
(as Roy Byron)

C.W. Ritchie

Captain Billy Hale

Edward Lawrence

Government Inspector
(as Ed Lawrence)

James Levering

Ancient Mariner

Billy Bowers

Jack Kedge

Oliver Hardy

Cabin Boy
(as Babe Hardy)

Director
- Arthur Hotaling
Writer
- John A. Murphy
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Released as a split reel along with the comedy The Puncture Proof Sock Man (1914).

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A three hundred pounder

Yes, and having bought it they start on a cruise. It is a motorboat and they must have a cabin boy. They engage one, a three hundred pounder, and put out to sea. The boat springs a leak. While they bail the cabin boy pumps water into the boat. An old sail informs them that they are aground in ten inches of water and that they had better wade ashore. On the same reel with "The Puncture-Proof Sock Man." - The Moving Picture World, August 29, 1914