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Zenobia (also known as Elephants Never Forget (UK) and It's Spring Again) is a 1939 comedy film starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit and Hattie McDaniel. It is one of the few films after the teaming of Laurel and Hardy that features Hardy without Stan Laurel, the result of a contract dispute between Laurel and producer Hal Roach, who maintained separate contracts for each performer, rather than a team contract, which would have offered them more control over their careers. Zenobia was Roach's attempt to create a new comedic pair without Laurel, and a series of films with Hardy and Langdon was planned. The dispute was short-lived, however, and Laurel and Hardy were reunited shortly thereafter.
Original Release
04/21/1939
US Release
04/21/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Oliver Hardy | Doc Tibbett / Dr. Henry Tibbett |
Harry Langdon | Professor McCrackle |
Billie Burke | Mrs. Tibbett |
Alice Brady | Mrs. Carter |
James Ellison | Jeff Carter |
Jean Parker | Mary Tibbett |
June Lang | Virginia |
Olin Howland | Attorney Culpepper |
J. Farrell MacDonald | Judge |
Stepin Fetchit | Zero |
Directors
Writers
Corey Ford, Walter DeLeon, Arnold Belgard, Norm Blackburn, H.C. Bunner
Cast
Name | Character |
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Oliver Hardy | Doc Tibbett / Dr. Henry Tibbett |
Harry Langdon | Professor McCrackle |
Billie Burke | Mrs. Tibbett |
Alice Brady | Mrs. Carter |
James Ellison | Jeff Carter |
Jean Parker | Mary Tibbett |
June Lang | Virginia |
Olin Howland | Attorney Culpepper |
J. Farrell MacDonald | Judge |
Stepin Fetchit | Zero |
Hattie McDaniel | Dehlia |
Philip Hurlic | Zeke |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Mr. Dover |
Clem Bevans | Sheriff |
Tommy Mack | Butcher |
Robert Dudley | Court Clerk |
Hall Johnson Choir | Church Choir |
Zenobia | 'Miss Zenobia' - the Elephant |
Jessie Arnold | Townswoman |
William Bakewell | Townsman at Zeke's Recitation / Sharecropper |
Producers
Name | Role |
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A. Edward Sutherland | Producer |