Laurel and Hardy: Those distant mountains

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Movie
German title Those distant mountains
Original title Them thar Hills
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1934
length 19 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Charley Rogers
script HM Walker ,
Stan Laurel
production Hal Roach
music Marvin Hatley ,
Leroy Shield
camera Kind of Lloyd
cut Bert Jordan
occupation

Those distant mountains (alternative title: those distant hills / Selige Campingfreuden; original title: Them thar Hills) is an American slapstick film from 1934. The leading roles are played by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy . Also act Billy Gilbert , Mae Busch and Charlie Hall with in the film. The film was released on July 21, 1934.

action

Ollie suffers from gout , which is why his doctor recommends a trip to the high mountains. He should relax there with Stan and drink a lot of mountain water. Meanwhile, in the mountains near a small hut, there is a shooting between the police and a gang of black markers . The criminals can dispose of some of the liquor in a well before they are arrested. Stan and Ollie, who have since made their way into the mountains with a caravan , find the hut abandoned and stay there with their caravan. They prepare a meal for themselves, with Ollie taking the water mixed with the alcohol from the well. The Hall couple enter the trailer and ask for gasoline because their car has broken down. Mrs. Hall stays in the trailer and drinks the high-proof well water with Stan and Ollie, while Mr. Hall refills and fetches his broken-down car. When he returns, he finds his wife drunk. There is an argument with Stan and Ollie. While these ruin the appearance of Mr. Hall and, among other things, cut off his hair, he takes revenge by uncoupling their trailer. Due to the uneven weight distribution inside, the caravan will tip over to one side. As a result, Stan and Ollie and the furniture slide back through the wall outside. As a result, the two camping friends pour honey over the angry Mr. Hall and feather him. Mr. Hall, looking like a strange bird, finally doused the bottom of Ollie with kerosene and set it on fire. To put out the fire, Ollie jumps into the well, but the alcohol in the well ignites and Ollie is thrown out. He lands upside down in the ground, while Stan stands completely unharmed.

background

The film was shot near the Santa Ynez Valley between June 11 and June 20, 1934 . Fog caused problems during filming, so production had to continue temporarily at Hal Roach Studios. Many of the gags in the film came about spontaneously on the set. The song Ollie sings in the movie is called The Old Spinning Wheel .

Mae Busch and Charlie Hall resumed their roles in the short film The Dirty Honor a year later, making it a loose sequel to that film. With the exception of these two films, it hardly ever occurs that a film by the comedian duo refers to another film by the two. Busch and Hall also played in other films by the two of them. Mae Busch played Ollie's wife several times, for example in her feature film Die Wüstensöhne . Charlie Hall can be seen in almost 50 films by the comedian duo, making it their most frequent supporting actor. Billy Gilbert, who played the doctor here, also starred in almost a dozen films with the comedian duo.

German versions

Reviews

The television magazine prisma gave the film four out of five stars and wrote: “This film is a particularly good example of the improvisation skills of the two comedians. (...) So it is not surprising that the rest area at the end looks like a battlefield. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laurel & Hardy - Those distant mountains at prisma.de
  2. ^ Them Thar Hills. In: lordheath.com. May 17, 2017, accessed July 28, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Norbert Aping: Das kleine Dick-und-Doof-Buch Schüren, Marburg 2014, appendix p. 372f.