Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion to forget Jean Harlow. Just like all the other recruits.
The Boys' first feature is supposed to have just grown like Topsy. Originally intended as a two-reeler, goes the story, there were too many good bits, so it became a very short feature: 37 minutes on four reels. Roach is said to have tried to sell it as a second feature, but it was too short.
Too short it may have been, but it certainly is funny. Everyone wanted to get in on the act, with director James Horne and studio music supervisor Marvin Hatley taking roles. But we come for Stan and Ollie, and there's no disappointment in them, with great gags, great comic reactions, and their child-like friendship in a story meant for the child in everyone.
The Boys' first feature is supposed to have just grown like Topsy. Originally intended as a two-reeler, goes the story, there were too many good bits, so it became a very short feature: 37 minutes on four reels. Roach is said to have tried to sell it as a second feature, but it was too short.
Too short it may have been, but it certainly is funny. Everyone wanted to get in on the act, with director James Horne and studio music supervisor Marvin Hatley taking roles. But we come for Stan and Ollie, and there's no disappointment in them, with great gags, great comic reactions, and their child-like friendship in a story meant for the child in everyone.