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Our Relations

  • 19361936
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.2K
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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)
  • Comedy
  • Family
Two pairs of long-lost twin brothers experience high jinks involving a valuable ring, cases of mistaken identity, and gangsters.Two pairs of long-lost twin brothers experience high jinks involving a valuable ring, cases of mistaken identity, and gangsters.Two pairs of long-lost twin brothers experience high jinks involving a valuable ring, cases of mistaken identity, and gangsters.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Harry Lachman
  • Writers
    • W.W. Jacobs(suggested by story "The Money Box" by)
    • Richard Connell(screen story)
    • Felix Adler(screen story)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Alan Hale
Top credits
  • Director
    • Harry Lachman
  • Writers
    • W.W. Jacobs(suggested by story "The Money Box" by)
    • Richard Connell(screen story)
    • Felix Adler(screen story)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Alan Hale
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Oliver Hardy, Iris Adrian, Lona Andre, and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)
    Oliver Hardy, Iris Adrian, Lona Andre, Betty Brown, Stan Laurel, and Daphne Pollard in Our Relations (1936)
    Oliver Hardy, Iris Adrian, Lona Andre, and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)
    Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)
    Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)
    Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)
    Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Our Relations (1936)

    Top cast

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    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    • Stan Laurel…
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy…
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Joe Grogan -Denker's Waiter
    Sidney Toler
    Sidney Toler
    • Captain of SS Periwinkle
    Daphne Pollard
    Daphne Pollard
    • Mrs. Daphne Hardy
    Betty Brown
    • Mrs. Betty 'Bubbles' Laurel
    • (as Betty Healy)
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    • Finn - The Chief Engineer
    Iris Adrian
    Iris Adrian
    • Alice
    Lona Andre
    Lona Andre
    • Lily
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Gangster Boss
    Noel Madison
    Noel Madison
    • Second Gangster at Pirate's Club
    Arthur Housman
    Arthur Housman
    • Drunk
    Ernie Alexander
    • Denker's Beer Garden
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Marvelle Andre
    • Pirate's Club Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Arras
    • Police Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Arthur
    Johnny Arthur
    • Denker's Beer Garden
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Pirate's Club Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Chester A. Bachman
    Chester A. Bachman
    • Police Officer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Harry Lachman
    • Writers
      • W.W. Jacobs(suggested by story "The Money Box" by)
      • Richard Connell(screen story)
      • Felix Adler(screen story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      King Edward VIII (aka Duke of Windsor) of the United Kingdom requested a command performance screening of the film in October 1936, before it was released.
    • Goofs
      At c.22 minutes Laurel emerges from the telephone booth with no sign of the milk he had been drenched with seconds before.
    • Quotes

      Stan: Shakespeare.

      Ollie: Longfellow. What goes up the chimney?

      Stan: Santa Claus.

    • Alternate versions
      There is also a colorized version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Double Trouble (1953)
    • Soundtracks
      Ku-Ku
      (uncredited)

      (Laurel & Hardy Theme Song)

      Music by Marvin Hatley

      In the score often the film

    User reviews36

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    "Everybody has a black sheep in their closet."
    Is this the most violent Laurel and Hardy film ever made? Surprisingly, while Stan and Ollie's twin brothers – Bert and Alf – are described as "bad lads", it's the originals that are the most malicious, in this sadistic – yet very funny all the same – Laurel and Hardy showcase. Stan gets to headbutt a barman and set fire to another man's chest hair, while Ollie, for his part, sticks a lightbulb in a man's mouth (James Finlayson, a regular stooge for the boys in 35 movies) then punches him in the face so he swallows the broken glass. Their supposedly rogue twins, meanwhile, merely try to save money and treat some ladies to a meal. In order to distinguish between the twins (other than the level of violence they display), musical cues are used – a sea shanty for the sailors Bert and Alf, and the Laurel and Hardy theme for Stan and Ollie.

    There are lots of great sustained jokes in this movie, such as Ollie's broken spectacles, and the ultimate in a sustained gag is the mistaken identities between the sets of twins. This joke is taken so far towards its logical conclusion that the duos don't discover each other's existence until the final ninety seconds of film. This causes the plot to be far more imaginative, whereas a lesser film would have had greater reliance on the two pairs meeting. Arthur Housman is also good as the drunk, a role he seemed to make a career out of playing in many of his 159 film roles. It was a also a role he reprised with Laurel and Hardy, having played both "drunk" and "drunk sailor" in Scram!, The Live Ghost and The Fixer Uppers.

    The direction by Harry Lachman is well above average for the pair. Some scenes are shot through a fish tank or the back of a bed's headrail, and there are lots of aerial shots. The split screen technology, while used sparingly, was extremely proficient for the time. One thing of note is that a couple of the sequences, such as the crushed in the telephone box scene, are slightly similar to sight gags in the Marx Brothers film of the previous year, A Night At The Opera. It's not that obvious, and may just be coincidence, but I'd rather hoped that Laurel and Hardy had inspired the Marx Brothers, and not the other way around. But it's probably funnier here anyway, particularly poor old Stan with a boot on his neck. Finally, one of the concluding scenes – Stan crying hysterically as he rolls around on concrete boots – is a real winner.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 30, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Double Trouble
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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