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Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Sound format: Mono
(Black and white)
Old soldiers Stan and Ollie are reunited after twenty years and head off to Ollie's apartment for a slap-up meal, leading to a series of hilarious misadventures.
Lively farce, an expanded version of L&H's first talkie (the short film UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE -), in which the boys are reunited following their exploits on the battlefields of WWI (Stan ended up guarding a trench for twenty years, not realizing the war was over!) and become embroiled in a series of escalating calamities as they make their way home to Ollie's apartment for a celebration feast. L&H stalwarts Billy Gilbert and James Finlayson appear in cameo roles, while Minna Gombell plays Ollie's rebellious wife, unwilling to indulge his every passing whim (her transition from loving spouse to belligerent battleaxe is a little too abrupt, but no matter). Ollie foregoes the sidelong glances to camera this time around, but there are plenty of pratfalls, sight gags and double-takes, along with some gloriously silly dialogue exchanges (Stan: "If you want me to leave, I'll stay as long as you want!"). Directed by silent movie veteran John G. Blystone (also responsible for the L&H vehicle SWISS MISS, produced the same year), who died shortly after production.
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Sound format: Mono
(Black and white)
Old soldiers Stan and Ollie are reunited after twenty years and head off to Ollie's apartment for a slap-up meal, leading to a series of hilarious misadventures.
Lively farce, an expanded version of L&H's first talkie (the short film UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE -), in which the boys are reunited following their exploits on the battlefields of WWI (Stan ended up guarding a trench for twenty years, not realizing the war was over!) and become embroiled in a series of escalating calamities as they make their way home to Ollie's apartment for a celebration feast. L&H stalwarts Billy Gilbert and James Finlayson appear in cameo roles, while Minna Gombell plays Ollie's rebellious wife, unwilling to indulge his every passing whim (her transition from loving spouse to belligerent battleaxe is a little too abrupt, but no matter). Ollie foregoes the sidelong glances to camera this time around, but there are plenty of pratfalls, sight gags and double-takes, along with some gloriously silly dialogue exchanges (Stan: "If you want me to leave, I'll stay as long as you want!"). Directed by silent movie veteran John G. Blystone (also responsible for the L&H vehicle SWISS MISS, produced the same year), who died shortly after production.