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Bonnie Scotland (1935)

 -  Comedy  -  23 August 1935 (USA)
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Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.

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June Lang ...
Lorna MacLaurel
William Janney ...
Allan Douglas
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Lady Violet Ormsby
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Colonel Gregor McGregor
James Finlayson ...
Sergeant Major Finlayson
David Torrence ...
Mr. Miggs - the Lawyer
Maurice Black ...
Daphne Pollard ...
Millie - the Maid
Mary Gordon ...
Mrs. Bickerdike
Lionel Belmore ...
Blacksmith
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Stan and Ollie stowaway to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. However Stan's inheritance amounts to a set of bagpipes and a snuff box. The boys are tricked into enlisting in the army and are posted to India where the heiress to the MacLaurel estate has moved to be near her guardian. Her Scottish sweetheart Allan also enlists. The boys are "volunteered" by the Sergeant (Finlayson) to impersonate officers at the palace of Mir Jutra and foil a plot to murder the officers by overturning several beehives. Written by Stephen Harrison <stephen@telos.demon.co.uk>

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23 August 1935 (USA)  »

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Heroes of the Regiment  »

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The sets from The Little Minister were used for the Scottish scenes. See more »

Quotes

Millie - the Maid: Well, ain't she the 'igh and mighty one, denying a girl a bit o' sparking!
Sergeant Major Finlayson: I'm surprised she didn't hear my knees knocking.
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References Towed in a Hole (1932) See more »

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"Ku-Ku"
(1928) (uncredited)
Music by Marvin Hatley
Pounded out with a hammer by Lionel Belmore
Also played by marching soldiers
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Too much story and too few gags. Still an above average Laurel & Hardy adventure.
17 March 2006 | by (Groningen, The Netherlands) – See all my reviews

This Laurel & Hardy movie is not among their best. It has way too much story and subplots present and because of this the boys are not given the full opportunity to show their skills and antics in this movie.

There are lot of scene's in which Laurel & Hardy are not even present. There is an unusual amount of dialog and story present which works perhaps only distracting from Laurel & Hardy and their silly slapstick moments. Most people are not waiting for a movie like this. Most people just want to see Laurel & Hardy act silly and get into some troubling and silly situations. The whole story makes perhaps a bit of a pointless impression and the ending is not satisfying enough because it leaves too many loose ends.

But before I really am beginning to sound negative, of course the movie is still fun. There are some good jokes present, of which some are also truly quite memorable. It also is always fun to see James Finlayson in a Laurel & Hardy picture. This time he plays the boys their sergeant in the army in Imperial India. He provides the movie with some good and memorable moments.

Yet it is the story that is most overly present in the movie. The movie is not really about Laurel & Hardy, not really about slapstick moments but it's more a serious story disguised as a comedy instead. This might slightly disappoint some of the fans, although there still is plenty to enjoy for them and for everyone else of course. The gags still work, despite the 'serious' (serious for Laurel & Hardy standards of course, I mean.) story.

7/10

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