Laurel and Hardy: Laughter in the Night
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Laughter in the night / Disappear! / On the run |
| Original title | Scram! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1932 |
| length | approx. 21 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Raymond McCarey |
| script | HM Walker |
| production | Hal Roach |
| camera | George Stevens |
| cut |
Richard Currier , Bert Jordan |
| occupation | |
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Laughter in the Night (also: Vanish! Or On the Flight ) is an American short film comedy with the comedian duo Laurel and Hardy in the lead roles. The film was made in 1932, directed by Raymond McCarey .
action
Stan and Ollie don't have a house, so they have to sleep in the park. They are picked up by the police and sentenced by the stern judge Mr. Beaumont for vagrancy to leave the city within an hour. Coincidentally, the two of them run into a rich-looking, drunk man on the street whose car key has fallen into the sewer. Stan and Ollie go to great lengths to help the drunk recover his car key. When the drunk finds out that the two have no accommodation for the night, he promises them to take them in for the night. When they arrived at the man's spacious house, opening the door turned out to be complicated because they had lost the door key. Once inside the house, the drunk sends Stan and Ollie into one of the rooms. The house butler discovers the drunk and indignantly explains to him that he must have made a mistake in the address and should disappear as quickly as possible. While the drunk is leaving the house, Stan and Ollie - without knowing anything about what's going on - make up their bed comfortably.
The lady of the house discovers Stan and Ollie and collapses in shock. With a drink standing in the hallway, the two try to wake the lady out of her faint. In fact, she wakes up again, but is now clearly intoxicated, as the drink is an alcoholic souvenir from the drunk. She asks the two of them into her bedroom, where there is a cheerful mood and an orgy of laughter between those involved. Stan and Ollie think the lady is the drunk's wife and introduce themselves as friends of their husband. In fact, the two of them also know the woman's husband: it is Judge Beaumont who had convicted them and who is a vehement anti-alcoholic. When he meets Stan and Ollie, who should have left town long ago, on the bed with alcohol in his wife's bedroom, he falls into a silent fit of anger and rushes towards them. Stan switches off the light - also for the audience - then all you can hear is a violent rumble.
background
The film, shot in June and July 1932, was released in American cinemas on September 10, 1932. The original title "Scram!" (German: "Disappear!") is yelled by Richard Cramer during the trial.
Web links
- Laurel and Hardy: Laughter at night in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laughter in the night at Lordheath