For about a decade, Stan Laurel was a solo act--making many generally not very distinguished comedies. Sure, some were excellent (such as my favorite, DR. PYCKLE AND MR. PRYDE), but most of the films were low on laughs and second-rate. Fortunately, just s few years after making this film he was teamed with Oliver Hardy and the rest is cinema history. Now fortunately, if you do choose to watch any of these early Laurel films and you watch this one, then you'll have a few laughs. Nothing gut-wrenchingly funny mind you, but still a few laughs.
Stan is a weakling from the East and he arrives in the West for the reading of his uncle's will. Unfortunately, two bad guys also are there for the reading and they want it all, so they repeatedly toss Stan out the window. These scenes are very well done and very funny plus the cuts from the dummy to Stan landing on the ground are good. Despite this abuse, Stan returns again and again and learns he's inherited a bar--provided he stays alive to take possession! Now you would think the film would then show the two evil hombres trying to kill Stan, but instead they commit a robbery and Stan accidentally stumbles into their lair. One by one, in trying to kill Stan, they accidentally kill each other until there is just one bad guy left--the leader. The townsfolk are convinced that Stan did this himself and convince him to capture the final baddie--which he does in style.
A decent plot, a few laughs and a good conclusion. This one's a keeper.
Stan is a weakling from the East and he arrives in the West for the reading of his uncle's will. Unfortunately, two bad guys also are there for the reading and they want it all, so they repeatedly toss Stan out the window. These scenes are very well done and very funny plus the cuts from the dummy to Stan landing on the ground are good. Despite this abuse, Stan returns again and again and learns he's inherited a bar--provided he stays alive to take possession! Now you would think the film would then show the two evil hombres trying to kill Stan, but instead they commit a robbery and Stan accidentally stumbles into their lair. One by one, in trying to kill Stan, they accidentally kill each other until there is just one bad guy left--the leader. The townsfolk are convinced that Stan did this himself and convince him to capture the final baddie--which he does in style.
A decent plot, a few laughs and a good conclusion. This one's a keeper.