DOUBLE WHOOPEE
Written
and filmed February, 1929. Released by MGM, May, 1929. Produced by Hal
Roach. Directed by Lewis Foster. Two Reels.
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, William Gillespie,
Captain John Peters, Charley Rogers, Tiny
Sandford.
STORY: Doormen at a swanky hotel, Stan and Ollie manage to tear off
Jean Harlow's dress, drop a prince down an elevator shaft a few times,
and inflict their innocently inept indignities on hotel guests, hotel
employees, cops and cab drivers.
JL:
This one never seems quite as good as it ought to be. All the
elements are promising: Laurel and Hardy in a high-society setting, a
string of stock character-types with which to interact, and the comical
appearance of The Boys in doorman and footman garb. But it's
a
film that reads better than it plays. Enough laughs to make it
worthwhile, but an average short overall.
Copyright
© 2012 John
Larrabee, John V. Brennan