Another Fine Mess is a 1930 short comedy film directed by James Parrott and starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on the 1908 play Home from the Honeymoon by Arthur J. Jefferson, Stan Laurel's father, and is a remake of their earlier silent film Duck Soup.
Another Fine Mess
James Parrott was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase.
Jobyna Ralston with Parrott in The White Blacksmith, 1922
Clockwise from top: Parrott, Oliver Hardy, and Stan Laurel, c. 1930
Marriage License for James Parrott and his first wife Clara Miller. The Sons of the Desert-Twice Two Tent St Neots, UK, have been researching James Gibbons Parrott. He directed our favourite Laurel and Hardy shorts.We discovered James Parrott married Clara Miller iin 1921. However, there is scant information about her. No date of birth, only that she's a housewife. We couldn't even locate a photograph of her. We traced them living together in Beverly Hills. Unfortunately the trail runs cold by 1930.With lack of evidence, we can only speculate what happened next to the couple. We have found no evidence of divorce papers.
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