Duck Soup (1927)
5/10
Duck Soup
17 June 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. Oh, and by the way, don't get confused with the Marx Brothers film, this is nowhere similar to it. Colonel Blood (James A. Marcus) is leaving his mansion to go away, and meanwhile, tramps Hives (Laurel) and Maltravers (Hardy) are resting on a park bench reading about recent forest fires. Soon enough a cop comes to get the boys off the bench, and they run away stealing a bicycle, until they run into Blood's mansion, just as a couple who rented the house are leaving. While Blood has remembered his bow and arrow left at home, Maltravers is pretending to be the master of the house, while Hives is the maid "Agnes", in front of Lord Tarbotham (William Austin) and Lady Tarbotham (Madeline Hurlock), another couple wanting to rent the house. When the man agrees to rent the house with his wife, the boys collect some valuables as they get ready to leave, and then Blood returns, and gets a gun out when the Lord thinks he is crazy, according to Maltravers. The boys are eventually caught, and in the end taken to help put out the forest fires, only to be hanging on to the swinging, spraying hose. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, the music added to the film sounds off tune at times, but I suppose it doesn't matter, it is an enjoyable silent film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!
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