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Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Ludwig Stössel
- Dr. Schickel
- (as Ludwig Stossel)
William 'Billy' Benedict
- Recruit at Corral
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Mess Hall Draftee
- (uncredited)
Robert Cornell
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThis was Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's first movie for a major studio. Their previous films had been released by MGM but not made by the studio, and they were confounded by the ways of the Hollywood studio system. All of their previous films had been shot in sequence and had been directed, edited and supervised by an uncredited Stan Laurel; Fox did not allow him such creative activity. In later years Laurel continually and bitterly recalled the shabby treatment he and Hardy received from Fox and MGM.
- GoofsThere's no way Hardy could have been drafted into the army with his weight as high as it was.
- Quotes
Hippo: What did I ever do to deserve a couple of yaps like you?
Stan: Maybe you were good to your mother.
Hippo: Pipe down!
Stan: Yes, sir.
Hippo: Now at 10:00 you're all going over for an IQ test, and according to the answers you give, you'll be classified in a job.
Stan: Swell! We're good at quizes, aren't we, Ollie?
Oliver: Maybe they'll put me in the intelligence "corpse".
- ConnectionsEdited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)
- SoundtracksYou're In The Army Now
(1917) (uncredited)
Music by Isham Jones
Lyrics by Tell Taylor and Ole Olsen
Played during the opening credits
Featured review
Good later Laurel and Hardy!
This wartime comedy is one of Laurel and Hardy's first movies for Twentieth Century-Fox, so it isn't nearly as consistently funny as the ones they made at MGM. However, I found this to be very amusing and enjoyable, with many good laughs. The first half is very slow, but once they get involved with their Sergeant Hippo, it picks up a lot. Try not to laugh when Stan shoves a crow down Ollie's pants during an inspection, or when Stan and Ollie are forced to build a pontoon bridge (I liked Stan's choice of wood). All in all, this movie is ten times better than any of the comedies they come out with today and is definitely worth any L&H fans time. 8 out of 10.
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- Jan 11, 2001
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- Forward March
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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