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With Love and Hisses (1927)
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28 August 1927 (USA) moreUser Comments:
It's really NOT a Laurel and Hardy movie,... moreCast
(Credited cast)| Stan Laurel | ... | Cuthbert Hope | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Top Sergeant Banner | |
| James Finlayson | ... | Captain Bustle | |
| Anita Garvin | ... | Superior officer's girlfriend | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Chet Brandenburg | ... | Soldiering rookie | |
| Frank Brownlee | ... | Maj. Gen. Rohrer | |
| Josephine Dunn | ... | Girlfriend | |
| Jerry Mandy | ... | Soldier with voracious appetite | |
| Frank Saputo | ... | Other soldier | |
| Eve Southern | ... | Superior officer's girlfriend | |
| Will Stanton | ... | Soldier sleeping next to Stan | |
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This movie is a very early film with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, though it should not be mistaken for a "Laurel and Hardy" film. That's because Hal Roach still hadn't created the formula for their films together and they do not perform as a team. It's more a chance appearance of both in the same film--along with a chance appearance of their favorite nemesis, James Finlayson. And since the traditional formula hasn't been created, the play against each other instead of with each other. They are NOT pals like they almost always were in films. Ollie plays a drill sergeant who frequently takes out his anger on a new recruit to the army--Stan. Stan is the dumb guy he always is in later films, so his role isn't much of a stretch, but Ollie is pretty much a jerk. Plus, Ollie is a lot thinner and not totally unrealistic as a soldier--something the extremely rotund Ollie not very convincingly played in their later films.
The film itself is very episodic and has a lot of gags strung together in a little over twenty minutes. Most of these are only mildly funny, but fortunately, they get funnier as the movie progresses--culminating in a very funny segment where Stan, Ollie and several other soldiers have their clothes burnt up while they are skinny dipping. As a result, they have to try to sneak back in camp,....at the exact same time the big cheese is coming for an inspection!! Overall, this is a pretty good comedy. It's certainly not one of the funnier ones I've seen, but for what it is it succeeds pretty well. Just don't expect the familiar formula--it just hadn't been invented yet.