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With Love and Hisses

 
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With Love and Hisses

  • Director: Fred Guiol
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Slapstick, Military Comedy
  • Themes: Nothing Goes Right
  • Release Year: 1927
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 24 minutes

Plot

Hal Roach had put Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy together in five silent films prior to this one, but the teamwork between the two was still gelling, and they hadn't yet developed the characters that we now know as Laurel and Hardy. Here, the boys are part of an Army Reserve group, headed for a weekend camp. Sergeant Banner (Hardy) gets in trouble with Captain Bustle (James Finlayson) by flirting with Bustle's two female companions. Private Cuthbert Hope (Laurel) is also on the train, causing trouble. While going through their exercises at their destination, the men pause to bathe in a lake. Hope is supposed to watch their clothing, but instead he joins them. Banner tosses away his cigarette, which completely burns up everyone's outfits. Bustle's ladies happen by, and the naked platoon are forced to hide behind a billboard and have to somehow get back to camp. On the way, they knock over a hornet's nest, resulting in a title card reading, "All's well that ends swell," and a final shot showing the men from the back, their behinds swollen to preposterous proportions. Stan Laurel got top billing in this two-reeler, with Finlayson second. Oliver Hardy's name was not yet a drawing card. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

Cast

James Finlayson - Superior officer; Oliver Hardy - Recruit; Stan Laurel - Recruit

Credit

Fred Guiol - Director, Hal Roach - Producer
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With Love and Hisses
Directed by Fred Guiol
Produced by Hal Roach
Written by Hal Roach
H.M. Walker (titles)
Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Distributed by Pathé Exchange Inc.
Release date(s) August 28, 1927
Running time 21 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
Preceded by Why Girls Love Sailors
Followed by Sugar Daddies

With Love and Hisses is a 1927 short military comedy silent film. One of a dozen or so films starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy, this silent two-reeler features the pair as soldier and commanding officer.

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