Oliver The Eighth
Oliver The Eighth is a 1934 American pre-Code short film comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by Lloyd French, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM.
Plot
Laurel and Hardy are partners in a barbershop. Stan reads a classified ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow (Mae Busch) looking for a new husband. Initially, only Stan plans to respond to the ad but after explaining his plans to Ollie (leading to the third use of the team's trademark "Tell me that again" routine, used previously in Towed in a Hole, The Devil's Brother, and subsequently in The Fixer Uppers) they both decide to answer the ad, shaking hands in agreement, and with Ollie saying "May the best man win." However, Ollie cheats on this agreement by mailing only his own response, and hiding Stan's in his hat. Ollie then settles into the barber's chair for Stan to shave him, and inadvertently dozes off.
More details
author | Stan Laurel |
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director | Lloyd French |
editor | Bert Jordan |
genre | comedy horror |
keywords | barber shop best man bugle call burn card trick classified ad derange devil even fall gold bar hide in the closet locked in pantomime rube goldberg scream shoot sleep string tap the devil\'s brother the fixer uppers think towed in a hole walk wealthy widow wed |
musicBy | Marvin Hatley |
producer | Hal Roach |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
theme | comedy horror serial killer short |