While there were several different cast changes in this small-time Hal Roach series, the Taxi Boys were most often played by Ben Blue and Billy Gilbert. Here Blue and Gilbert are back in a film that is, like their others, highly reminiscent of a Laurel & Hardy film. This is not unintentional, as the fat and skinny comics play roles very similar to Stan and Ollie's. Being the skinny one, Ben plays the dumb Stan Laurel-type--though his rather effeminate and exaggerated mannerisms made him less enjoyable to watch.
Early in this film, the Boys destroy a policeman's motorcycle and they are being chased for some time. Eventually, they stumble into a fancy society party and are assumed to be the guests of honor--a Baron and his trusted General. Although it's obvious to everyone these are NOT who they claim to be, the society folk naturally don't realize the mistake--even when the supposed Baron and General have atrocious table manners.
While the situations are mildly amusing, the film is only okay--mostly because the pair aren't all that interesting. I did, however, like the very end--it was pretty clever.
Early in this film, the Boys destroy a policeman's motorcycle and they are being chased for some time. Eventually, they stumble into a fancy society party and are assumed to be the guests of honor--a Baron and his trusted General. Although it's obvious to everyone these are NOT who they claim to be, the society folk naturally don't realize the mistake--even when the supposed Baron and General have atrocious table manners.
While the situations are mildly amusing, the film is only okay--mostly because the pair aren't all that interesting. I did, however, like the very end--it was pretty clever.
