I am not the biggest Laurel and Hardy fan, but I found this film strangely enjoyable. Their silly storyline was strangely balanced by a composer and his opera singer wife...along with ethnic Swiss scenes.
Laurel and Hardy have the brilliant idea to invest all their money into mouse traps to sell door to door. And what better place to sell them but Switzerland? Unfortunately, no one seems to be buying their products and just when they are down to their last bit of money they decide to go to a cheese maker (surely they will need mouse traps to protect their product?). There they get swindled by the cheese maker into excepting valueless currency that they then try to use to pay for a nice meal at a fancy hotel...which is how they come to be working at the kitchen in the hotel to pay off their debt. Of course every broken plate adds another day to their sentence...which the cook, who they insulted before they found out they couldn't pay, delights in taking advantage of.
Meanwhile a famous composer has come to their hotel for some privacy in order to compose his next show...his famous opera singing wife follows him to his chagrine...and the hilarity ensues!
Hilarity that eventually involves a gorilla and Laurel and Hardy trying to get a piano in a tree house!
To be honest, I recorded this film thinking it was a Shirley Temple movie...but I can't say I was disappointed. There was a lot of good natured comedy in this film and it maybe the best Laurel and Hardy pairing that I have seen to date.
Laurel and Hardy have the brilliant idea to invest all their money into mouse traps to sell door to door. And what better place to sell them but Switzerland? Unfortunately, no one seems to be buying their products and just when they are down to their last bit of money they decide to go to a cheese maker (surely they will need mouse traps to protect their product?). There they get swindled by the cheese maker into excepting valueless currency that they then try to use to pay for a nice meal at a fancy hotel...which is how they come to be working at the kitchen in the hotel to pay off their debt. Of course every broken plate adds another day to their sentence...which the cook, who they insulted before they found out they couldn't pay, delights in taking advantage of.
Meanwhile a famous composer has come to their hotel for some privacy in order to compose his next show...his famous opera singing wife follows him to his chagrine...and the hilarity ensues!
Hilarity that eventually involves a gorilla and Laurel and Hardy trying to get a piano in a tree house!
To be honest, I recorded this film thinking it was a Shirley Temple movie...but I can't say I was disappointed. There was a lot of good natured comedy in this film and it maybe the best Laurel and Hardy pairing that I have seen to date.