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H.M. Walker (writer)
Release Date:
25 June 1932 (USA)
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Tagline:
Mr. Hardy fell on his leg and was laid up for two moths. Mr. Laurel fell on his head and hadn't felt better in years.
Plot:
In the hospital with a broken leg Ollie is visited by Stan, who brings him hard-boiled eggs, nuts, and total mayhem. full summary | add synopsis
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Hospital
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Broken Leg
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Doctor
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Hard Boiled Egg
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Syringe
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aside from one minor complaint, it's a great short
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Stan Laurel | ... | Stan | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Ollie | |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | The Doctor | |
| May Wallace | ... | Miss Wallace, head nurse | |
| Estelle Etterre | ... | Nurse Smith | |
| William Austin | ... | Ollies' Rommate | |
| Belle Hare | ... | Nurse | |
| Lilyan Irene | ... | Nurse | |
| Dorothy Layton | ... | Nurse | |
| Sam Lufkin | ... | Policeman |
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19 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Revealing mistakes: When Laurel accidentally knocks his hard-boiled egg off the table next to Hardy's bed, you hear the splash of the egg landing in water and the "clank" as it hits the bottom of an obvious metal pan. However, when Laurel bends over to pick it up, he comes up with a large glass pitcher filled with water with the egg floating on the top of it, not a metal pan.
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Oliver:
[seeing that Stan has brought him a present] What have you got there?
Stanley: I brought you some hardboiled eggs and some nuts.
Oliver: Now, you I can't eat hardboiled eggs and nuts. If you wanted to bring me something, why didn't you bring me candy?
Stanley: They cost too much.
Stanley: What does that got to do with it?
Oliver: You didn't pay me for the last box I brought you.
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Stanley: I brought you some hardboiled eggs and some nuts.
Oliver: Now, you I can't eat hardboiled eggs and nuts. If you wanted to bring me something, why didn't you bring me candy?
Stanley: They cost too much.
Stanley: What does that got to do with it?
Oliver: You didn't pay me for the last box I brought you.
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Featured in "Zomergasten: (#8.4)" (1995)
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This is a very funny and watchable Laurel and Hardy short. Ollie has been injured and Stan, like a pal, comes to visit and cheer him up. However, from the minute he arrives, Stan creates havoc--driving the staff mad and torturing Ollie in the process. I particularly liked how his playing with the counterweight to Ollie's broken leg resulted in Ollie's doctor being launched out the window! As a result, Stan AND Ollie are ejected from the hospital. The final driving sequence is the low-point, as at times it looked VERY fake, but the final scene makes this screwup forgivable. This film is good fun and only a crusty old curmudgeon would dislike it.
By the way, I am rather shocked to say that there is a better hospital comedy starring Billy Gilbert (who was also in COUNTY HOSPITAL). NIFTY NURSES is a mostly forgotten musical comedy that frankly is head and shoulders above this Laurel & Hardy film. While I adore Stan and Ollie, this other film is the funniest hospital short I've seen--better than COUNTY HOSPITAL and the Three Stooges' MEN IN BLACK.