Laurel and Hardy: A Country Game

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Movie
German title A country party / Fat and stupid make a country party / The sport on Sunday / A perfect day
Original title Perfect Day
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1929
length 19 minutes
Rod
Director James Parrott
script Leo McCarey ,
Hal Roach ,
HM Walker
production Hal Roach
music Leroy Shield (1936)
camera Art Lloyd ,
George Stevens
cut Richard C. Currier
occupation

Perfect Day (German Movie Title: A picnic / Laurel and Hardy make a picnic / Sport on Sunday / A perfect day ) is an American short film - comedy of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy from the year 1929th

action

On an idyllic Sunday, Stan and Ollie want to go on a trip into the blue with their wives and grumpy, gouty Uncle Edgar. Already during the preparations, however, things go wrong: Stan and Ollie destroy the provisions with their clumsiness and blame each other for what turns into a fight. Want than five people finally set off, one lying on the road nail destroys the tires of their Model T Ford . The tire change turns out to be tedious and difficult, especially since they demolish the window of their neighbor, who then, furious, destroys their car window. To make matters worse, the pastor appears, from whom one is hiding, because he is not supposed to see that you are going on an excursion on Sunday. When the car finally starts to run - after many arguments and breakdowns - the occupants wave goodbye to their neighbors (a running gag of the short film, as they always did this when they thought they could finally drive off). Carelessly waving, Ollie steers the car straight into a moat, in which it sinks with its occupants.

background

Perfect Day, starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott , Charley Chase's younger brother , was one of the duo's first sound films . It was written in May 1929 and shot between June 1 and June 8, 1929. At this point in the history of film, the sound film was still in development, so it is all the more remarkable that the sound effects are already mature. The noise with which Stan's head comes to the coupling of the car was even cited by a contemporary critic as "the funniest sound effect of a comedy so far". Perfect Day is therefore seen as an example of the fact that Laurel and Hardy came to terms with the innovations in sound film at an early stage.

In 1929 the film was first released without film music; for a new theatrical release in 1936, however, it was backed with music by Leroy Shield.

Initially, an unfortunate picnic was planned as the final scene. However, since the gags around the car already formed enough material, the idea of ​​the picnic was dropped again.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Skretvedt, Randy; Jordan R. Young: Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies. Beverly Hills, California: Past Times Publishing, 1987. ISBN 0-940410-29-X .
  2. Skretvedt, Randy; Jordan R. Young: Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies. Beverly Hills, California: Past Times Publishing, 1987. ISBN 0-940410-29-X .