Scram! (1932) Directed by Ray McCarey, Lloyd French
Comedy / Short
Film Review
It may not be the best of Laurel and Hardy's shorts, but Scram! contains enough gags to make
it enjoyable viewing, even if the jokes are all pretty routine.
You see a hole in the ground and you know that Stan and Ollie are going
to spend at least five minutes falling into it. The
climb-through-the-window gag, a staple of many L&H films, is used
yet again, but still manages to get a laugh. This film will keep
you amused for twenty minutes but don't expect many belly laughs, nor a
decent punch line.
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Film Synopsis
With the jails full, Judge Beaumont has only one course when Stan and
Ollie are brought to him on a vagrancy charge: to order them to leave
town as quickly as possible. That rainy evening, the boys
encounter a wealthy drunk who has just dropped his key down a
drain. When Stan and Ollie recover the key, the drunk cordially
invites them to spend the night at his house. Unfortunately, the
drunken man mistakes his house and the boys unwittingly find themselves
in Judge Beaumont's residence. When he returns home, the judge is not amused to find
the two vagrants participating in what looks like a drunken orgy with
his wife...
Cast:Stan Laurel (Mr. Laurel),
Oliver Hardy (Mr. Hardy),
Richard Cramer (Judge Beaumont),
Arthur Housman (Drunk),
Vivien Oakland (Mrs. Beaumont),
Wilson Benge (Hawkins - the Butler),
Baldwin Cooke (Court Recorder),
Charles Dorety (Defendant),
Sam Lufkin (Policeman),
Charles McMurphy (Patrolman)
Country: USA
Language: English
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 20 min
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