Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
Practical Effects
Glorious physical comedy—no CGI, just timing and bruises.
Acting
Laurel's cry-laugh and Hardy's exasperated eye rolls are masterclass.
Director
James W. Horne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ben Turpin's cameo as the cross-eyed Justice was a huge get—he was a silent comedy superstar making $3,000/week in the 1920s.
This was Pre-Code Hollywood, so they got away with heavier drinking gags and implied hanky-panky than films just two years later.
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