A woman scorned is dangerous, but when Mae Busch is scorned by a man named Oliver, she becomes deadly! This melodramatic comedy has both Stan and Ollie sending answers to a personal advertisement. Oliver discards Laurel's, and boy does he pay for it. When first seen, Busch is already calculating her revenge, and with the aide of a sinister looking valet, sets up the demise of Oliver VIII.
A scene involving invisible soup was lovingly spoofed in "Murder By Death". This is almost reminiscent of one of those old melodramatic plays that toured around the countryside in barn theaters and ended up being filmed with British theater legend Tod Slaughter. The only difference is that those were often unintentionally funny, while this was deliberate. It's perhaps the best of the Laurel and Hardy shorts where the boys went up against a predatory female, other ones often uncomfortable in the way they were victimized by these domineering women. But this is a parody of a classic style which adds a ton of fun to its ridiculous.
A scene involving invisible soup was lovingly spoofed in "Murder By Death". This is almost reminiscent of one of those old melodramatic plays that toured around the countryside in barn theaters and ended up being filmed with British theater legend Tod Slaughter. The only difference is that those were often unintentionally funny, while this was deliberate. It's perhaps the best of the Laurel and Hardy shorts where the boys went up against a predatory female, other ones often uncomfortable in the way they were victimized by these domineering women. But this is a parody of a classic style which adds a ton of fun to its ridiculous.