Bonnie Scotland (1935)

Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.

Director:

James W. Horne

Writers:

Frank Butler (screen play), Jefferson Moffitt (screen play) (as Jeff Moffitt)

Stars:

Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Lang

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Stan Laurel	...	Stanley MacLaurel
Oliver Hardy	...	Oliver Hardy
June Lang	...	Lorna MacLaurel
William Janney	...	Allan Douglas
Anne Grey	...	Lady Violet Ormsby
Vernon Steele	...	Col. Gregor McGregor
James Finlayson	...	Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
David Torrence	...	Mr. Miggs - the Lawyer
Maurice Black	...	Khan Mir Jutra
Daphne Pollard	...	Millie - the Maid
Mary Gordon	...	Mrs. Bickerdike
Lionel Belmore	...	Blacksmith

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

army | bagpipes | snuff box | beehive | sergeant | 

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Taglines:

Their Funniest Full Length Feature!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 1935 (USA)

Also Known As:

Heroes of the Regiment

Filming Locations:

Fryman Ranch, Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although June Lang played the romantic ingénue, she never worked with Laurel & Hardy on this picture and, in fact, never met them.

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Goofs

Stan is cleaning his rifle with his handkerchief but in a reverse shot there's no handkerchief.

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Quotes

Lady Violet Ormsby: Oh, but Greg, you are a simpleton. This is all so plain to me. Just a case of puppy love in Scotland. You know, promises of undying affection and all that sort of thing. Then, Lorna inherited this money and the boy thought he might as well be in on it. Most people would do anything for 200,000 pounds.

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Connections

Featured in Living Famously: Laurel & Hardy (2003)

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Soundtracks

Comin' thro' the Rye
(uncredited)
Music Traditional
In the score for the opening scene

User Reviews

Forgivable

As a Scot I really do resent how American movies portray us . We all have incomprehensible accents ( I can`t understand a word Scottie from STAR TREK says and I`m Scottish . Perhaps they should have employed a Scottish actor ? ) , we all have funny names like Gregor McGregor ( Randell Wallace is an American with a Scots sounding name , Scots are usually called Jim or Dave ! ) , wear strange skirts called kilts ( We only wear them at weddings ) and play strange instruments called bagpipes . It goes without saying this L&H feature plays up to the stereotypes but seeing as it`s Stan and Ollie all this cliche can be forgiven , same as I can forgive all the other flaws one can expect from seeing one of their movies after a period of many years , it`s rather episodic and loosely plotted with the main story of Stan and Ollie joining the army not happening untill half way through the movie`s running time , but it`s also funny and James Finlayson ( A Scottish actor ) getting to play a Scottish Sergeant called " Leatherpuss "

By no means one of their greatest highlights - The features seen slightly drawn out compared to their shorts - BONNIE SCOTLAND is still one of the better L&H feature length movies