Review of Their First Mistake

As a Sons of the Desert Grand Sheik I guess it is unusual to choose 'Their First Mistake' as my favourite movie but I think it encompasses most of the things that are so good about 'the boys'... The unhappy marriage; the suggestion that the boys' friendship is more important and more enduring than marriage; the apparently sensible suggestion by Stan that backfires on Ollie; the numerous situations that involve Ollie ending up the worse for wear; ...plus the reverse role dialogue where Ollie is left holding the baby and Stan goes to walk out "What have you got to do with it? WHAT have YOU got to do with it? Why you got me into this mess in the first place..." etc. etc. and the feeding of the baby scene and Stan's affection for the bottle and the dummy...! Altogether a Laurel and Hardy masterpiece! Best viewed, as with all Laurel and Hardy films, in the cinema (fortunately my club has access to a 66-seat private cinema).