The Flying Deuces (1939)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.8/10   

Réalisateur:

A. Edward Sutherland

Writers:

Ralph Spence (original story and screenplay) &
Charley Rogers (original story and screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 novembre 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

HERE'S HYSTERICAL HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with...

Plot Keywords:

Desertion | Foreign Legion | Escape | Remake | Attempted Suicide

Avis des utilisateurs:

Possibly Laurel and Hardy's Best Film

Ensemble

Stan Laurel	...	Stan
Oliver Hardy	...	Ollie
Jean Parker	...	Georgette
Reginald Gardiner	...	Francois
Charles Middleton	...	Commandant
Jean Del Val	...	Sergeant
Crane Whitley	...	Corporal (as Clem Wilenchick)
James Finlayson	...	Jailor

Autre(s) titre(s):

Flying Aces
Laurel et Hardy conscrits (France) [fr]
Laurel et Hardy légionnaires (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Les conscrits (France) [fr]

Durée:

69 min | USA:65 min (TCM print)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Classification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #5668) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Spain:T | UK:U

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Boris Morros Productions

Anecdotes:

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are thrown into a cell to await execution at sunrise. Stan discovers that he can strum his bed springs and play it like a harp. The music he plays is "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise".

Goofs:

Continuity: The water pitcher changes position before and after Laurel slides the desk in front of the window.

Guillemet:

Stanley: [watching a pair of airplanes doing acrobatics] I wonder what keeps them up?
Oliver: I don't know. But I do know what keeps me DOWN!
[firmly and deliberately taps his shoe on the pavement in front of him to indicate how safe and solid it is and how he never intends to let his feet leave the ground]
Stanley: Yes, sir - good old Terracotta Firma for me!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dick und Doof, die Unzertrennlichen (1968)

Soundtrack:

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Possibly Laurel and Hardy's Best Film

THE FLYING DEUCES is a unique L&H movie in a lot of ways. For one thing, it's the only film they made away from Hal Roach that is worth seeing. It is also unique that none of their regular writers worked on the film, yet it practically is the best work they ever did. The short films like TWO TARS, BIG BUSINESS, HOG WILD, HELPMATES, and THE MUSIC BOX are considered contenders for the title of best L&H film of all time, as are the features FRA DIAVOLO, SONS OF THE DESERT, and WAY OUT WEST. However, I honestly think that for the modern viewer trying to get laughs from one of their pictures, THE FLYING DEUCES offers more than any other. Bottom line-enjoy this picture. In it, the Boys join the Foreign Legion. Every minute's a laugh.