(71 min) Released 1936-02-14
Directors: James W. Horne, Charley Rogers (as Charles Rogers), Hal Roach
Writer: Michael William Balfe (opera) (as Balfe)
Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd
Genres: Comedy | Musical
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027376/
Watched online. The print was only 67 min.
Out of sequence: should have viewed this between Rose-Marie and Follow the Fleet.
An opera turned into a L&H 'comedy'. It's 1936, and they spend a LOT of time doing silent shtick. A few songs from the opera are sung. Thelma Todd sings a song not from the opera, but the print I watched was silent during that scene; it's her only appearance. A young Darla Hood (Our Gang) plays the abducted child who exhibits no distress during or after the crime. She's replaced soon by an older actress playing the adult.
I'll be honest: I didn't watch it very closely. I don't like L&H; I won't attempt another of theirs. People are too mean to each other.
MGM & Hal Roach Studios, dir. Horne & Rogers & Roach; 4
