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Director:
James Parrott
Writer:
H.M. Walker (dialogue)
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Release Date:
23 January 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy more
Tagline:
When the cats are away, the mice start looking up telephone numbers
Plot:
Oliver's house is in a shambles after a wild party, and his wife is due home at noon. He calls Stanley to help him fix the place up... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Absolutely the Classic it's made out to be more (14 total)

Cast

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Stan Laurel ... Stan

Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
20 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S (1959) | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U
Company:
Hal Roach Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At one point Stan Laurel gives out a phone number, and it was his own personal number at the time. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Stan has attached the drying line to the kitchen door and, when Ollie opens it, he pulls down the chimney pipe from the stove and is hit by a cloud of soot. Stan comes over and takes off Ollie's hat, and, trying to clean it , blows the soot from the top into Ollie's face. But the top of his hat was white and clean in the previous shot. more
Quotes:
Ollie: Listen, I'm in a slight predicament. My wife's coming home at noon today unexpectedly. And just look at this house.
Stan: [sees the mess] What's the matter with it?
Ollie: What's the matter with it? You never met my wife, have you?
Stan: Yes, I never did.
Ollie: What do you mean "Yes I never did"?
[shows him wedding photo]
Ollie: That's my wife.
Stan: Isn't she sweet.
Ollie: Charming.
Stan: Where is your wife?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The KuKu more

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Absolutely the Classic it's made out to be, 1 July 2006
10/10
Author: royka_act_two from United States

Helpmates has laughs from beginning to end, replete with the slapstick and wordplay that are the trademarks of the greatest film comedy team ever. It's twenty minutes of delight and each gag builds on the one before and sets up the next, a crazy crescendo in a symphony of sublime silliness. The comic Lou Costello was once asked who he thought was the greatest comedy team of all time and he unhesitatingly named Laurel and Hardy. Helpmates is worth many watches. This 1932 short nearly equals their Oscar winning short, The Music Box. See it. Then visit the Boys again and again. Laurel and Hardy - except for their mishandling by Fox in the 1940s -- are, as the great Steve Allen once said - ALWAYS funny.

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