Plump and Runt are starving artists who are both in love with their pretty model. Runt chooses money over love and marries a widow he thinks is rich. It turns out the model is the real heiress, and Plump marries her.
Watch the official Hungry Hearts 1916 trailer in HD below.
Oliver Hardy as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Billy Ruge as Runt
Ray Godfrey as A Model
Edna Reynolds as A Widow
Bert Tracy as Art Connoisseur
United States 16 June 1916
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CHANGE BEFORE GOING PRODUCTIONS: Long before teaming with Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy starred with Billy Ruge in a series of comedies as "Plump and ...
This short video highlights the collaboration between the Jewish Community Center and The Hartt School in the showing of the silent film Hungry Hearts.
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