Scram! (1932)
Directed by Ray McCarey, Lloyd French

Comedy / Short

Film Review

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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...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Ray McCarey, Lloyd French, Jack Lloyd
  • Script: H.M. Walker (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Art Lloyd
  • 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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