Starvation Blues

Starvation Blues is a 1925 silent short subject comedy film. It stars Syd Crossley and Clyde Cook as street musicians struggling to eke out a living in the cold. Stan Laurel, one of the writers for the picture, would go on to explore a similar premise in his 1930 film Below Zero with Oliver Hardy.^[2]

Starvation Blues
Directed by	Richard Wallace
Written by	Stan Laurel Sherbourne Shields Frank Terry H.M. Walker Richard Wallace
Produced by	Hal Roach
Cinematography	Len Powers
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	December 13, 1925 (1925-12-13) [1]
Country	United States

Complete film.

Cast

• Clyde Cook as 1st Street Musician
• Syd Crossley as 2nd Street Musician
• Mildred June as Cafe Owner's Daughter
• Cesare Gravina as Cafe Owner
• Frederick Kovert as Dancer (as Frederick Kovert)
• Fred Kelsey as Prohibition Officer
• Tiny Sandford as Policeman