Comedy Film

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Ants in the Pantry 1936

Gawkins - the Butler: ...and above all, don't be conspicuous!

Moe: Hey, if that conspicerous means what I think it does, I may have to punch you right in the nose.

Curley: Pipe down, it's derived from the Latin, no canna speaka da Ingalish.

Gawkins - the Butler: ...and above all, don't be conspicuous!

Moe: Hey, if that conspicerous means what I think it does, I may have to punch you right in the nose.

Curley: Pipe down, it's derived from the Latin, no canna speaka da Ingalish.

So good it was worth saying twice!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

The Private Life of Oliver the Eighth 1932

What's with the made up title?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

So good it was worth saying twice!

Inspector Vic Ron struggles with cut and paste.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

What's with the made up title?

oliver the eighth was the US title,but it was retitled for its initial uk release as private lives,I title I much prefer. due to be released around the same time as The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) with go old Charlie laughton.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

oliver the eighth was the US title,but it was retitled for its initial uk release as private lives,I title I much prefer. due to be released around the same time as The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) with go old Charlie laughton.

When you're right, you're right.

The Private Life of Oliver the Eighth (1934)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

oliver the eighth was the US title,but it was retitled for its initial uk release as private lives,I title I much prefer. due to be released around the same time as The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) with go old Charlie laughton.

Didn't know that. You're a mine of info.

As it's an American film i'd always go with it's US release title. Just as i would always go with a UK made films's UK release title no matter which i prefer.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Didn't know that. You're a mine of info.

As it's an American film i'd always go with it's US release title. Just as i would always go with a UK made films's UK release title no matter which i prefer.

Being a loose cannon who does not play by the rules the first thing I did was ignore the US title...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Being a loose cannon who does not play by the rules the first thing I did was ignore the US title...

You are the John McClane of Cult Labs. The Martin Riggs of the forum world. The Flying Squad of the internet.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You are the John McClane of Cult Labs. The Martin Riggs of the forum world.

I have always wanted to throw Alan Rickman of a rather tall building.

[Inspector Abberline]

Their First Mistake (1932)
Surprisingly risqué subject matter for a comedy,Mrs. Hardy (Mae Busch) is jealous because Olly spends more time with Stan than he does with her.In fact she divorces Olly and Stan is being sued for the alienation of Hardy's affection?? And before this even happens Stan suggests that Olly adopts a baby.
Stan: "I'm not as dumb as you look"
Ollie: "You bet your life you're not"
Today this would be a social services nightmare, two men adopting a baby, a wife jealous of another man,this surely has the makings of an episode of Jeremy Kyle Show.Of course our two would be daddies now have to look after the baby,cue lots of mishaps with baby bottles and Stan taking the odd swig when he thinks Olly isn't looking. It never seems odd that Stan and Olly share a bed allot,it just cements there friendship even more,although it does get a bit weird when Olly is feeding Stan the babies bottle while both are still half a sleep.Stan usually has the more submissive role but in a great bit of gender reversal Oliver takes the role of an almost a single mother when Stan decides he doesn't want anything to do with bring up the baby and has his career and future to think of. You could really give yourself a headache with the plot of this one,Stan and Olly taking on the role of parents (well before Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish did the same ). Most of the humour comes from baby sitting and the boys approach to father hood,although with Stan hogging the milk its hardly surprising the baby never stops crying, social services would of been in there like a shot.My only real criticism is that there's no resolution to the story which is a pity as I read there was an alternative ending where Mrs. Hardy (Mae Busch) had the same idea and comes home with twins.POM POM.

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