Laurel and Hardy: The Tainted Honor

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Movie
German title The defiled honor
Original title Tit for tat
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1935
length 19 minutes
Rod
Director Charley Rogers
script Stan Laurel
Frank Tashlin
production Hal Roach
music Marvin Hatley
Leroy Shield
camera Kind of Lloyd
cut Bert Jordan
occupation

The defiled honor (original title: Tit for Tat , German: Wie du mir, so ich dir, alternative title: Dick and Doof in a thousand need ) is an American comedy film from 1935, one of the many two-acts by the comedian duo Laurel and Hardy .

action

Stan and Ollie open an electrical goods store. Out of friendliness, Ollie wants to introduce himself to the neighboring shop. Since Stan is also going with them, the two of them put up a sign saying “Be back soon”. Then introduce yourself to your neighbor, Mr. Hall, the grocer. It turns out that all three have already had a rather unpeaceful encounter (see the film Those distant mountains ). The grocer throws Stan and Ollie out of his shop. They return to their shop and notice a strange man who is leaving the shop with one of their articles. But the thief doesn't bother them as they are still distracted from their encounter with Mr. Hall.

Ollie wants to put electric lights on. He sends Stan down to the basement to get lightbulbs. When Stan wants to bring the pears to Ollie, he uses an elevator that leads from the basement to the entrance of the two shops. Unfortunately, the ladder Ollie climbed is right on top of the elevator. Therefore, when he starts up, he pushes Ollie and the ladder up. The ladder eventually tips over the shop sign on the windowsill of Mr. Hall's house. Ollie climbs into the apartment to get back down to the street. The grocer sees Ollie come out of his wife's bedroom and suspects an affair.

Now a fight begins between the grocer on one side and Stan and Ollie on the other. Hall begins to demolish their shop. For every attack by Hall, Stan and Ollie retaliate and dismantle Hall's business. Every time the two of them leave their shop, the thief appears and makes use of their articles. Eventually a cop can clear the situation and Mr. Hall has to apologize to Stan and Ollie. At the end of the film, the thief comes with a truck and empties the electrical shop, which Ollie and Stan only notice with amazement.

background

The film premiered on January 5, 1935. It was first seen in Germany on July 11, 1958.

The film is a loose sequel to the two-act act Them Thar Hills , shot last year , in which everyone involved also participated. It's also the only sequel Laurel and Hardy have ever made.

German versions

  • The first version was created in 1958 by Berliner Synchron and was shown for the first time under the title Dick und Doof in 1000 Nöten . The dialogue book and dialogue direction were in the hands of Bodo Francke. Walter Bluhm spoke to Stan and Clemens Hasse to Ollie.
  • In 1961 the second version followed under the title Dick and Doof are building a business . The version was created during beta technology . The dialogues came from Wolfgang Schick , directed by Manfred R. Köhler , and the music was contributed by Conny Schumann. Walter Bluhm spoke to Stan again and Arno Paulsen lent Ollie his voice. This version has been released on DVD.

Reviews

The portal “At-A-Glance Film Reviews” emphasized that this short film is further proof of the duo's genius.

Iain Scott of the OneLine Review portal found the story of escalation, destruction and violence to be a hilarious film and one of the duo's best performances.

Awards

In 1936 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film (Comedy) category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Norbert Aping: Das kleine Dick-und-Doof-Buch Schüren, Marburg 2014, appendix p. 379f.
  2. ↑ Critique of the portal At-A-Glance Film Reviews (Eng.)
  3. ^ Critique by Iain Scott