Review of Scram!

Scram! (1932)
8/10
Scram!
19 September 2005
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. Stan and Ollie are charged with vagrancy (sleeping on a park bench), and Judge Beaumont (Richard Cramer) tells them to get out of town, as they could ruin the chance to win a civic prize, and he doesn't want to see them again. On their way they bump into a Drunk (Arthur Housman) who has lost his car key down the drain, and after the fuss of getting it back he takes him to a big house. The Drunk has also lost his door key, and while the boys try to climb through the open window, he falls through the already open front door. After so much fuss, the boys eventually ring the door bell so the Drunk lets them in, and while they go to the bedroom ready to sleep, the house butler comes out to tell the Drunk it isn't his house, so he leaves. The boys in pyjamas go to find the Drunk, and the woman of the house, Mrs. Beaumont (Vivien Oakland), sees them and faints, and they give her alcohol looking like water from a jug, replaced by the Drunk. She gets drunk very quickly, and starts laughing with the boys after blowing a raspberry, and then wants to dance. Then the real man of the house, her husband, the Judge comes home to see them laughing and drinking on the bed, and the film ends with the light going off with crash noises. Filled with wonderful slapstick and all classic comedy you could want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Very good!
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