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A Chump at Oxford (1940) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and produced by Hal Roach and Hal Roach Jr..

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A Chump at Oxford (1940)

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The scenes of the employment agency and dinner party were originally filmed for the 63 minute version to be released overseas simultaneously with a USA 42 minute print, but the 63 minute version was released in the USA as well.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
This film was originally in four reels, a "streamliner" designed to compete with theaters' new double feature concept. Roach produced only a few of these hybrids, and added the dinner party sequence later to bring it up to six reels.
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