Review of Blotto

Blotto (1930)
5/10
Blotto
20 December 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. Stan is pacing the floor, which is annoying his wife (Anita Garvin), but she's not letting him go out unless it's for something important. Ollie rings Stan's house, but twice he gets hung up, and the third time Ollie gives him a feedback blare, and Stan blows Ollie's hat off. Ollie invites Stan to the Rainbow Club, where he has reserved a table, and he suggests making a fake telegram as an excuse to Mrs. Laurel. Unfortunately she was listening on the other end of the phone, so she heard this conversation, so to teach them a lesson she pours away the saved liquor and replaces it with some cold tea and kitchen ingredients. Stan finishes the fake telegram, and jumps out the window to have it delivered, and Mrs. Laurel pretends she knows nothing about what she heard, but she does say goodbye to Stan, and Ollie hiding outside. They get to the club, and after a crashing bottle opening, Ollie is first to drink the fake liquor, with some soda, and Stan soon joins too, and they are sure they drinking genuine booze. After seeing a female dancer in the club, we see Mrs. Laurel buying herself a new double-barrelled shotgun. So she arrives at the club without Stan or Ollie realising, but when they do, they just laugh, and only stop when she tells them about the fake booze. Then she gets out the gun, and they run out of the club being chased, and the cab they get into collapses with her shot, it ends fading to black with her running towards them. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!
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