Technically "Madame Mystery" was Thea Bara's final film. But in December 1926's "45 Minutes From Hollywood," Hal Roach uses a clip of Thea to showcase of bevy of silent movie stars as a bus of tourists travels throughout Hollywood. The movie is a vehicle for actor Glenn Tryon, whose character gets caught up in what he thinks is a movie production. But the situation he faces turns out to be a real-life bank heist. The bank robber, disguised as a woman, ends up in Oliver Hardy's apartment while he's taking a bath.
Stan Laurel appears in a brief scene in bed with a Jimmy Finlayson-style mustache, a disguise he had to wear because he was still under contract with producer Joe Rock. Laurel was freelancing for Roach as a screenwriter and director at the time he was obligated to Rock. Oliver was employed by Hal Roach's studio. "Madame Mystery" was only the second film the two soon-to-be world famous comedic team appeared in the same movie, the first being 1921's "The Lucky Dog." Producer Roach had high hopes for Tryon's star-power to take the place of Harold Lloyd, who left his studio to become independent. Tryon, not anywhere's near as popular as Lloyd, was one of the few silent film actors who made the transition to sound. Comic actors had a better success rate of lasting power with the talkies than their dramatic cousins.
Stan Laurel appears in a brief scene in bed with a Jimmy Finlayson-style mustache, a disguise he had to wear because he was still under contract with producer Joe Rock. Laurel was freelancing for Roach as a screenwriter and director at the time he was obligated to Rock. Oliver was employed by Hal Roach's studio. "Madame Mystery" was only the second film the two soon-to-be world famous comedic team appeared in the same movie, the first being 1921's "The Lucky Dog." Producer Roach had high hopes for Tryon's star-power to take the place of Harold Lloyd, who left his studio to become independent. Tryon, not anywhere's near as popular as Lloyd, was one of the few silent film actors who made the transition to sound. Comic actors had a better success rate of lasting power with the talkies than their dramatic cousins.