Stan Laurel wrote this gem, which may have inspired generations of single parent movie themes...
In the past, Laurel and Hardy were stuck with animals; a circus monkey, a horse and a dog --why not try a baby this time around? Lay the blame on Stan, naturally, as he suggests a baby would "brighten" Ollie's already strained marriage to hot tempered Mae Busch! The whole thing backfires; Mae walks out and the boys have to take care of the baby themselves. There are some genuinely funny and clever scenes at play here, including Ollie feeding Stan a bottle of milk instead of the baby!
Billy Gilbert plays a hard nosed process server, handing Stan papers that name him in a lawsuit for alienation of affection. "She'll take you hook, line and sinker!" he exclaims. "I don't want to lose my hook, line and sinker!" is Stan's desperate reponse. Director George Marshall makes a gag appearance as a neighbor. Marshall also made an appearance in PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (1932), which he directed and played a revengeful cook!
This is an original, one of a kind comedy that you have to see at least once, and somehow, someway it all makes sense. Get the dvd box set of their short films, but beware there are some European versions that will not play on American made dvd players.
Thank you to METV for rerunning these classic films nightly, like the old days.
In the past, Laurel and Hardy were stuck with animals; a circus monkey, a horse and a dog --why not try a baby this time around? Lay the blame on Stan, naturally, as he suggests a baby would "brighten" Ollie's already strained marriage to hot tempered Mae Busch! The whole thing backfires; Mae walks out and the boys have to take care of the baby themselves. There are some genuinely funny and clever scenes at play here, including Ollie feeding Stan a bottle of milk instead of the baby!
Billy Gilbert plays a hard nosed process server, handing Stan papers that name him in a lawsuit for alienation of affection. "She'll take you hook, line and sinker!" he exclaims. "I don't want to lose my hook, line and sinker!" is Stan's desperate reponse. Director George Marshall makes a gag appearance as a neighbor. Marshall also made an appearance in PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (1932), which he directed and played a revengeful cook!
This is an original, one of a kind comedy that you have to see at least once, and somehow, someway it all makes sense. Get the dvd box set of their short films, but beware there are some European versions that will not play on American made dvd players.
Thank you to METV for rerunning these classic films nightly, like the old days.