After decades of watching this classic, I still can't figure out what the chief of police is doing with a "barrel" of sauerkraut in his basement --which Laurel and Hardy promptly fall into!
This short is OUTRAGEOUS, and has some history behind it. Here, the boys are rookie cops who answer a variety of calls on their first night. This comedy is peppered with some of the best stock players who worked with Laurel and Hardy, including Tiny Sanford and James Morton as cops and Charlie Hall as a guy who tries to steal the rear tire off the boy's police car! Stan Laurel made it a point to include actors who appeared with him back on the London stage.
Case in point is Frank Terry, who plays the wily safecracker who argues with Stan as which day is best for "him" to appear in court? In case you didn't know, the man with the deep, deep voice on the police radio is Frank Brownlee. Brownlee became famous --or at least his voice did --when he auditioned and won parts in Walt Disney cartoons. He moved to Warner Brothers and did many voices for Bugs Bunny cartoons and the like, however.... he NEVER got credit because there was a clause in Mel Blanc's contract to only give HIM credit. Lloyd French directed this short who also went to Warner Brothers and headed hundreds of popular big band musical and comedy shorts.
Get the Laurel and Hardy dvd short subject box set. Some have been produced in the UK, so beware as they will not play on American made dvd players. Check the details.
This short is OUTRAGEOUS, and has some history behind it. Here, the boys are rookie cops who answer a variety of calls on their first night. This comedy is peppered with some of the best stock players who worked with Laurel and Hardy, including Tiny Sanford and James Morton as cops and Charlie Hall as a guy who tries to steal the rear tire off the boy's police car! Stan Laurel made it a point to include actors who appeared with him back on the London stage.
Case in point is Frank Terry, who plays the wily safecracker who argues with Stan as which day is best for "him" to appear in court? In case you didn't know, the man with the deep, deep voice on the police radio is Frank Brownlee. Brownlee became famous --or at least his voice did --when he auditioned and won parts in Walt Disney cartoons. He moved to Warner Brothers and did many voices for Bugs Bunny cartoons and the like, however.... he NEVER got credit because there was a clause in Mel Blanc's contract to only give HIM credit. Lloyd French directed this short who also went to Warner Brothers and headed hundreds of popular big band musical and comedy shorts.
Get the Laurel and Hardy dvd short subject box set. Some have been produced in the UK, so beware as they will not play on American made dvd players. Check the details.