Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Laurel & Hardy's second feature film, made one year after SONS OF THE DESERT, also features Payne Johnson as one of the Three Little Pigs.
PLOT: Set in Toyland, a fairy tale world, Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy) are toy makers who end up getting fired. That turns out to be a problem because Mother Peep, the old lady who lived in a shoe, is going to lose her shoe to town codger Silas Barnaby (played again by Henry Brandon), unless she consents to have her daughter, Bo Peep (Charlotte Henry), marry him. Barnaby is old and disgusting, and Bo is a blonde, so of course she's gonna say no.
With no job and no way to get the money, Stannie and Ollie sneak into Barnaby's house and try to steal the mortgage, but Stannie screws it up again ("Goodnight, Ollie!") and Barnaby has them arrested for burglary. The Boys are forced to be dunked in water and then sentenced to Bogeyland. Barnaby drops the charges when Bo reluctantly agrees to marry him. However, in an ingenious gag, when Barnaby goes to kiss the bride, the veil reveals Stannie! Ollie tears up the mortgage.
Barnaby plans his revenge by framing Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (Felix Knight) on a bogus charge of pignapping (why would ANYONE want to pignap the Three Little Pigs? They are so precious!). Tom is banished to Bogeyland despite Bo's pleas, but Stannie and Ollie return with Elmer the pig, announcing that they found him in Barnaby's cellar, and chaos and hilarity ensues as The Boys chase Barnaby through Bogeyland. He is finally caught using Stannie's knowledge of "peewees" and Ollie suffers a backside full of darts.
REVIEW: This feature was full of gags that would be used in later L&H shorts, such as TIT FOR TAT and THEM THAR HILLS. Funny as always. Not one of their best, but certainly enjoyable and entertaining. 5 out of 5 stars.
Trailer:
No comments:
Post a Comment