Hysterically funny in every way, this remastered Laurel and Hardy short features the music gloriously now in stereo sounding like it was recorded the day before yesterday. Every single musical theme you know from the Hal Roach comedy shorts appears, and that aids in moving the silent film along at a breakneck speed.
Here, Oliver Hardy works aboard a luxury liner cruise ship and Stan Laurel is a hard-working taxi driver stuck waiting for a fare by Anita Garvin who intends to stiff him because she is a con artist and jewel thief being escorted by her midget husband Harry Earle dressed as a baby. Stan's taxi ends up somehow aboard the ship and he is accused of being a stowaway, forced to put on a uniform and work for his passage.
At every turn, Laurel unintentionally creates trouble and when he encounters Earle, even more havoc ensues. The visuals are hysterically funny with Laurel aggravated into pushing passengers into a pool and forcing Earle to jump into the scheme stack to collect a teddy bear that has hidden jewels in it. Of course, Hardy often becomes a victim of Laurel's shenanigans, and that creates even more hysterical mayhem. This is a delight in every way possible, and after several of these silent shorts, you might be clutching your chest in pain from laughing.
Here, Oliver Hardy works aboard a luxury liner cruise ship and Stan Laurel is a hard-working taxi driver stuck waiting for a fare by Anita Garvin who intends to stiff him because she is a con artist and jewel thief being escorted by her midget husband Harry Earle dressed as a baby. Stan's taxi ends up somehow aboard the ship and he is accused of being a stowaway, forced to put on a uniform and work for his passage.
At every turn, Laurel unintentionally creates trouble and when he encounters Earle, even more havoc ensues. The visuals are hysterically funny with Laurel aggravated into pushing passengers into a pool and forcing Earle to jump into the scheme stack to collect a teddy bear that has hidden jewels in it. Of course, Hardy often becomes a victim of Laurel's shenanigans, and that creates even more hysterical mayhem. This is a delight in every way possible, and after several of these silent shorts, you might be clutching your chest in pain from laughing.