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Great Guns

1941, Movie, NR, 73 mins

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Stan and Ollie (Laurel and Hardy) are the chauffeur and gardener for Dan Forrester (Dick Nelson), a silver-spoon-in-the-mouth millionaire's son. He's drafted into the service, and Stan and Ollie join the Army to be near him, accompanied by Penelope, the pair's pet crow (an obviously mechanical bird), which hides in Ollie's trousers during inspections. Dan would much prefer to make it on his own without these mother hens, who drive Hippo (Edmund MacDonald), their sergeant at the cavalry camp in Texas, into several tantrums of frustration in his attempts to train them. The young scion falls for postal worker Ginger (Sheila Ryan), while Stan and Ollie conclude their careers by helping win a maneuvers campaign with some of the weirdest planning ever seen. This isn't one of Laurel and Hardy's funniest, but there's enough to keep you smiling. Look for Alan Ladd in a small part as a soldier in a photography store. On a par with BUCK PRIVATES, the Abbott and Costello feature made the same year. leave a comment
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Laurel and Hardy Collection, Vol. 1 (Great Guns / Jitterbugs / The Big Noise)
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