Love 'Em and Weep (1927)

Old flame (Busch) shows up to blackmail married businessman (Finlayson). He enlists a friend (Laurel) to keep her away from his home and wife. Confusion prevails when she crashes a house ... See full summary »

Directors:

Fred Guiol, F. Richard Jones

Writers:

Hal Roach, H.M. Walker (titles),

Stars:

Mae Busch, Stan Laurel, James Finlayson

Cast

Cast overview:
Mae Busch	...	Peaches - the Old Flame
Stan Laurel	...	Romaine Ricketts
James Finlayson	...	Titus Tillsbury (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Oliver Hardy	...	Judge Chigger
Charlotte Mineau	...	Mrs. Aggie Tillsbury
Vivien Oakland	...	Mrs. Ricketts

Storyline

Old flame (Busch) shows up to blackmail married businessman (Finlayson). He enlists a friend (Laurel) to keep her away from his home and wife. Confusion prevails when she crashes a house party.

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Plot Keywords:

automobile | golf club | gun | husband wife relationship | telephone | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 June 1927 (USA)

Also Known As:

Better Husbands Week

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Love 'Em And Weep' was remade by the same studio (Hal Roach) in 1931 as 'Chickens Come Home', a 'three-reel' talkie. Oliver Hardy (who had a bit part as a judge in this silent) took the featured part, which was originally played by James Finlayson in this silent version. Finlayson is relegated to the small part of the butler in the remake. Stan Laurel and Mae Busch play the same parts in both films.

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Goofs

In several instances, Mrs. Tillsbury, refers to her husband, Titus, by the wrong name. After Titus has collapsed in his office, you don't have to be much of a lip-reader to see her exclaim "Jimmy!" referring to actor James Finlayson by his real name, instead of his character name.

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Quotes

Romaine Ricketts: [intertitle] Mind if I smoke?
Old flame: I don't care if you burn!

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Connections

Remade as Over the Radio (1930)

User Reviews

Not really a Laurel & Hardy movie and the remake is superior. Neverheless a most excellent comedy from the silent era.

Yes, the movie has both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in it but it's not a 'Laurel & Hardy' movie. They're not a comical duo in this movie and they actually share very little sequences together, since Hardy's role is only a bit part. The real main character of this movie is perhaps James Finlayson. Not that I'm complaining about it thought, I love James Finlayson! He has an excellent comical timing and facial expressions, which fits the genre extremely well.

The movie was later in 1931 remade again by Laurel & Hardy with sound this time, under the name "Chickens Come Home". That movie is basically a scene-by-scene remake only with the actors in different roles. (Oliver Hardy in the James Finlayson role and James Finlayson as the butler, among other changes.) Yet the remake is better, not only because it has sound but also because it has more sequences with Laurel & Hardy together with also as a result that the slapstick comes over as even more hilarious and the comical moments are just as well, if not better, timed and executed.

The movie is fun from start till finish. It has some excellent comical characters in it and a very good build up. The movie gets more and more funny as the movie progresses and builds up to the unavoidable confrontation in the Finlayson residence. It makes the movie probably one of the better build up comedies from Laurel & Hardy and the silent era in general.

It's a very enjoyable and fun movie but not as good as the inferior remake, that is one of the better Laurel & Hardy shorts.

7/10

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