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5 November 1932 (USA)
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Mr. Hardy was married. Mr. Laurel was unhappy too.
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Mrs. Hardy is irate that her husband Oliver spends more time with his friend Stanley than with her. Oliver decides to adopt a baby...
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(Complete credited cast) | Stan Laurel | ... | Stan |
 | Oliver Hardy | ... | Ollie |
 | Mae Busch | ... | Mrs. Arabella Hardy |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | Process server |
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21 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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A proper ending was scripted, which had Mrs. Hardy returning with an adopted baby of her own. Stan Laurel's inspired improvisations caused the film to go over schedule and over budget, leaving it with no real ending.
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Stanley:
The baby's crying.
Oliver: Of course he's crying. Will you put that floor lamp over here!
Stanley: But it won't reach.
Oliver: Certainly it won't reach. You have to pull the plug out of the socket. Here
[hands him baby's milk bottle]
Stanley: [immediately starts drinking from it]
Oliver: [grabs the cord and literally yanks it so hard that the socket casing comes out of the wall. A wierd noise is heard and a second later the socket casing hits him in the nose!] Ooooh!
Stanley: [startled spits out the milk he was drinking. The door phone starts ringing]
Oliver: [while making his way to the phone] Will you see if you can keep that baby quiet.
[answers the phone]
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Oliver: Of course he's crying. Will you put that floor lamp over here!
Stanley: But it won't reach.
Oliver: Certainly it won't reach. You have to pull the plug out of the socket. Here
[hands him baby's milk bottle]
Stanley: [immediately starts drinking from it]
Oliver: [grabs the cord and literally yanks it so hard that the socket casing comes out of the wall. A wierd noise is heard and a second later the socket casing hits him in the nose!] Ooooh!
Stanley: [startled spits out the milk he was drinking. The door phone starts ringing]
Oliver: [while making his way to the phone] Will you see if you can keep that baby quiet.
[answers the phone]
[...]
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Featured in The Celluloid Closet (1995)
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Their First Mistake (1932)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Minor Laurel and Hardy short has Mrs. Hardy tired of her husband leaving her at home while he goes out with Laurel. Hardy thinks that if he adopts a baby then that will keep the wife busy and she won't notice him going out at nights. The plan backfires when she divorces him and he's stuck to watch the new baby. This is pretty middle ground as far as the Laurel and Hardy shorts go and it doesn't seem like too much thought went into the movie as a lot of the jokes aren't that funny. The running gag is Hardy spilling milk on him and the baby constantly crying. Laurel also doesn't come off too well here with the exception of the final gag when Hardy thinks he's the baby and begins giving him milk so that he will fall asleep. Mae Busch plays Mrs. Hardy and delivers a few nice laughs but in the end the duo has a lot better films out there.