Directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Starring Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Bob Bailey, Vivian Blaine, Douglas Fowley, Lee Patrick, Noel Madison, Robert Emmett Keane.
One of the better post-Hal Roach Laurel & Hardy features is hardly a must-see, but fans should enjoy it well enough; laughs aren't plentiful but at least the con-artists-conning-con-artists plot is one of the meatier stories the duo ever bumbled through--it was a reworking of a non-L&H 30s movie, "Arizona to Broadway." Stan and Ollie join up with small-time swindler Bailey on a gas pill scheme, then get caught up helping singer Blaine recover money stolen from her in a mob con. Stan spends almost half the movie in drag, and the pair's two-man jazz band is a visual delight, but funniest bit is the seduction scene between money-grubbing Patrick and Ollie in the guise of a rich southerner, Colonel Watterson Bixby. Blaine sings three songs, so there are three opportunities to take a bathroom break or sneak off to the kitchen to make a snack.
58/100
One of the better post-Hal Roach Laurel & Hardy features is hardly a must-see, but fans should enjoy it well enough; laughs aren't plentiful but at least the con-artists-conning-con-artists plot is one of the meatier stories the duo ever bumbled through--it was a reworking of a non-L&H 30s movie, "Arizona to Broadway." Stan and Ollie join up with small-time swindler Bailey on a gas pill scheme, then get caught up helping singer Blaine recover money stolen from her in a mob con. Stan spends almost half the movie in drag, and the pair's two-man jazz band is a visual delight, but funniest bit is the seduction scene between money-grubbing Patrick and Ollie in the guise of a rich southerner, Colonel Watterson Bixby. Blaine sings three songs, so there are three opportunities to take a bathroom break or sneak off to the kitchen to make a snack.
58/100