Our Wife is a 1931 American pre-Code Hal Roach comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Directed by | James W. Horne |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Written by | H. M. Walker |
Starring | Laurel and Hardy |
Music by | Marvin Hatley Leroy Shield |
Cinematography | Jack Stevens |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 20 min 52 sec |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Screenplay
Oliver is making plans to be married to his sweetheart Dulcy(Babe London) with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father(James Finlayson) sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and steal away at night to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
After this, there is a memorable scene in which Ollie, his gargantuan fiancée and Stan try to cram into a tiny car Stan hired for their elopement, Ollie having expected a "limousine". After much struggling they finally succeed in getting themselves and a suitcase into the car, but as they move off it tilts up under the weight and Stan's head smashes through the roof. The film concludes with a cross-eyed justice(Ben Turpin) marrying Ollie to Stan.
Stan Laurel | --- Stan |
Oliver Hardy | --- Ollie |
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Babe London | --- Dulcy |
James Finlayson | --- Dulcy's father |
Ben Turpin | --- the Justice of the Peace |
Blanche Payson | --- the wife of the Justice of the Peace |
Charley Rogers | --- the Butler |