# He Laughs Last

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{{short description|1920 American comedy film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

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{{Infobox film
| name           = He Laughs Last
| image          = File:He Laughs Last lobby card.jpg
| caption        = Lobby card
| director       = [Jess Robbins](/source/Jess_Robbins)
| producer       = Albert E. Smith
| writer         = Jess Robbins
| starring       = [Oliver Hardy](/source/Oliver_Hardy)
| cinematography = [Irving G. Ries](/source/Irving_G._Ries)
| editing        = 
| studio         = [Vitagraph Studios](/source/Vitagraph_Studios)
| distributor    = Vitagraph Studios
| released       = {{Film date|1920|06|24}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = United States
| language       = Silent film<br>[English](/source/English_language) intertitles
}}

'''''He Laughs Last''''' is a 1920 American [silent](/source/silent_film) short [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) featuring [Oliver Hardy](/source/Oliver_Hardy).

== Plot ==
According to the copyright description,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/cdmmi.s1229l15181/ |title=He Laughs Last. Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L, 1912-1977. |date= |pages=2 |language=en}} {{Source attribution}}</ref> "Jimmy, arriving in the town, which is unable to keep a sheriff in office on account of the villainous doings of the villain, gang leader and his band, takes delight in beating up the villain, the latter attempts to kiss the girl against her will. She appeals to him to take the Sheriff's job and he does so. At first it appears as though he may join his predecessors, but the tide of battle turns in his favor; he beats up the villain; scares the gang out of town and settles down in earnest to his job. His plans to marry the heroine are frustrated, when she turns up with her husband-to-be-who proves to be no other than the previous gang-leader. Jimmy, unable face the happiness of the two, turns his sheriff's job over to the reformed gang-leader and leaves the town."

==Cast==
* [Jimmy Aubrey](/source/Jimmy_Aubrey) as The New Sheriff
* Dixie Lamont as The Dove of Peace Center
* [Oliver Hardy](/source/Oliver_Hardy) as Handsome Hal (as Babe Hardy)

==See also==
* [List of American films of 1920](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1920)
* [Oliver Hardy filmography](/source/Oliver_Hardy_filmography)

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0270401|title=He Laughs Last}}

Category:1920 films
Category:1920 comedy films
Category:1920 short films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Short films directed by Jess Robbins
Category:American silent comedy short films
Category:1920 American films
Category:1920 English-language films
Category:English-language comedy short films

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