Twice Two (1933)

Brain specialist Oliver and his secretary Stanley bicker over listening in on each other's phone calls. Nevertheless, plans procede to celebrate the anniversary of their weddings to each ... See full summary »

Director:

James Parrott

Stars:

Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Stan Laurel	...	Mr. Stan Laurel / Mrs. Sandy Hardy
Oliver Hardy	...	Oliver Hardy / Mrs. Fanny Laurel

Storyline

Brain specialist Oliver and his secretary Stanley bicker over listening in on each other's phone calls. Nevertheless, plans procede to celebrate the anniversary of their weddings to each other's sisters. At home, preparations go awry as the two wives also get on each other's nerves.

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Plot Keywords:

laurel and hardy | wedding anniversary | cake | dinner | situation comedy | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 February 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les joies du mariage

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min 19 min (DVD edition)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This would be the final Laurel and Hardy film for their veteran director James Parrott.

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Goofs

In a scene where Stan is playing Oliver's wife, in the dining room he is wearing frilly sleeves. But when he walks into the kitchen suddenly the sleeves are gone. When he come back to the dining room they are back.

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Quotes

Mrs. Hardy: Why don't you leave him alone. You're always picking on him. Pick pick pick pick.
Mrs. Laurel: You keep your big mouth out of this!
Mrs. Hardy: [gasp] Did you hear what she said?
Oliver: [gives a little nod]
Mrs. Hardy: [crying] I haven't got a big mouth have I?
Oliver: [shakes his head]

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Connections

Edited into Dance of the Cookoos (1982)

User Reviews

Unique Laurel and Hardy

I think this film has some amazing acting. As others have noted, Laurel plays himself and also his own sister. Hardy does the same. But - the women characters they portray are different to the male Laurel and Hardy. The women characters are not Laurel and Hardy "in drag". They really are playing 4 different people.

The dubbing of the women's voices is perfect, in my opinion. The women who dubbed the voices really capture the feeling of Laurel and Hardy. They are great. The syncronicity of the dubbing is awesome.

I also think the photography - scenes when the four characters are having dinner together - is great. They really create the illusion of four separate people talking and bickering.

I don't want to risk spoiling anything for anyone and so I will not describe any of the truly funny scenes featuring each of these characters.

Suffice it to say that the film is very funny.