Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant troubleDimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant troubleDimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble
Symona Boniface
- Dignified Lady
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Soldiering Rookie
- (uncredited)
Frank Brownlee
- Maj. Gen. Rohrer
- (uncredited)
Josephine Dunn
- Girlfriend
- (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy
- Soldier with voracious appetite
- (uncredited)
Frank Saputo
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Eve Southern
- Captain Bustle's 2nd Girlfriend
- (uncredited)
Will Stanton
- Soldier sleeping next to Stan
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- Carl Harbaugh(uncredited)
- Hal Roach
- H.M. Walker
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- TriviaJames Finlayson makes one of his many appearances in this Laurel and Hardy short.
- ConnectionsReferences The Volga Boatman (1926)
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Early Days.
Laurel and Hardy weren't really a partnership when they made this short for Hal Roach, so it's something of a happy coincidence that, not only are they teamed together here, but they also come up against their frequent nemesis, James Finlayson.
Hardy plays an army sergeant, and his character is quite different from the dainty clumsiness of his later persona. While Stan is pretty much the simpleton he would always be in their films, the duo aren't friends on screen and there is less chemistry between them than there would soon be. Stan's a new recruit who keeps infuriating Hardy's cranky sergeant who, in turn, infuriates his libidinous commanding officer (Finlayson).
The film gets off to a slow start but quickly gathers pace, and from the parade sequence, in which Finlayson and Laurel nearly come to blows, the film is pretty funny. After forty years of watching Laurel and Hardy it's refreshing to come across a short of theirs I've never seen before.
Hardy plays an army sergeant, and his character is quite different from the dainty clumsiness of his later persona. While Stan is pretty much the simpleton he would always be in their films, the duo aren't friends on screen and there is less chemistry between them than there would soon be. Stan's a new recruit who keeps infuriating Hardy's cranky sergeant who, in turn, infuriates his libidinous commanding officer (Finlayson).
The film gets off to a slow start but quickly gathers pace, and from the parade sequence, in which Finlayson and Laurel nearly come to blows, the film is pretty funny. After forty years of watching Laurel and Hardy it's refreshing to come across a short of theirs I've never seen before.
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- JoeytheBrit
- Jul 1, 2009
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