Has no-one else noticed that the later, big-budget feature film The Game (1997), starring Michael Douglas, owes a great deal indeed to this British TV film? The main character is similar, the basic situation is nearly identical, and the raison d'etre for the Game is also similar. There is no mention of the earlier work in the credits of the latter.
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Slipping Wives
(1927)
Priscilla Dean should not be slighted.
23 May 2003
A line or two to supply due credit:
This little film is indeed very important in the saga of Laurel and Hardy, but I don't like to see Priscilla Dean slighted. The lovely and lively woman gives a performance in this film which which must be considered outstanding in any silent comedy. She delivers carloads of presence and is not afraid to make hilarious comic use of her very pretty face. And she DOES have the lead, after all!
This little film is indeed very important in the saga of Laurel and Hardy, but I don't like to see Priscilla Dean slighted. The lovely and lively woman gives a performance in this film which which must be considered outstanding in any silent comedy. She delivers carloads of presence and is not afraid to make hilarious comic use of her very pretty face. And she DOES have the lead, after all!
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