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 have planned a poker game, and they get their wives to believe they are going to see a show at the Orpheum Theatre. On their way to the game, the boys help a woman get her hat (blown off) back, and when they are soaked by a passing jet wash truck, they take them to their place to dry off. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hardy (Vivien Oakland) and Mrs. Laurel (Bess Flowers) get the newspaper reporting that the Orpheum has burned down, and they go there to find out if their husbands got out. The boys are now in dressing gowns, and Stan is being poked and having his hair messed with by one of the women laughing and saying "whoopee", and she only stops when he calls her fat, and a jealous knife holding man chases him and Ollieout the window, with their wives seeing everything. When the boys get back home, the wives are sitting down listening to Ollie's lies as he explains what they got up to at the Orpheum, with Stan miming some suggestions of what to say. Stan eventually sees the newspaper report about the Theatre, and shows Ollies, he also laughs at the excuse Ollie gives for not going there. One of the women comes round to give the boys their vests, and they are chased out by their wives, one of them shooting a gun, and at the same time, many other men only in vests and shorts are jumping out the window. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable silent film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!
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