A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred J. Goulding
Written byCharley Rogers
Felix Adler
Harry Langdon
Produced byHal Roach Jr.
Hal Roach
StarringStan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Wilfred Lucas
Forrester Harvey
Peter Cushing
Charlie Hall
CinematographyArt Lloyd
Edited byBert Jordan
Music byMarvin Hatley
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • February 16, 1940 (1940-02-16)
Running time
1:00:57
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$230,297[1]

A Chump at Oxford is a Hal Roach comedy film produced in 1939 and released in 1940 by United Artists.[2] It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding and is the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Roach studio.[3][4] The title echoes the film A Yank at Oxford (1938), of which it is a partial parody.

  1. ^ Ward, Richard Lewis (2005). A history of the Hal Roach Studios. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 213. - figures are producer's share from US/Canada
  2. ^ Nash, J.R. The Encyclopedia of Best Films: A Century of All the Finest Movies, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5381-3413-9,
  3. ^ Aping, N. (2014). The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7864-5174-6. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Ward, R.L. (2006). A History of the Hal Roach Studios. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8093-2727-0. Retrieved August 7, 2019.