The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
Acting
Laurel and Hardy's silent panic speaks louder than dialogue.
Direction
Horne squeezes three rooms of chaos into 20 tight minutes.
Director
James W. Horne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of 13 Laurel and Hardy shorts released in 1931 alone—they were practically a content factory.
Mae Busch plays the 'perpetual third wheel' in multiple L&H films, becoming almost their signature chaos agent.
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