The Fixer Uppers

The Fixer Uppers
The Fixer Uppers
Directed by	Charles Rogers
Written by	Stan Laurel; Frank Tashlin
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Mae Busch; Charles B. Middleton; Arthur Housman
Cinematography	Art Lloyd
Edited by	Bert Jordan
Music by	Leroy Shield
Production; company	Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 9, 1935;
Running time	20:25
Country	United States
Language	English

The Fixer Uppers is a 1935 American short comedy film directed by Charles Rogers, starring Laurel and Hardy, and produced by Hal Roach.

Plot

Christmas card purveyors Stan and Ollie find themselves embroiled in a scheme orchestrated by a discontented wife, aimed at igniting jealousy in her passionless marriage. However, their well-intentioned endeavor takes a perilous turn when the husband, a volatile artist, becomes excessively agitated, ultimately challenging Ollie to a midnight duel, fraught with mortal implications, in a fit of jealousy.

Navigating the predicament with characteristic ineptitude, Stan and Ollie seek refuge in a nearby tavern, where they deliberate their predicament. Realizing the husband's ignorance of their residence, Ollie imprudently notifies him of his absence and exchanges insults, precipitating further complications. Succumbing to inebriation alongside a neighbor, they attract police attention, resulting in their apprehension and subsequent deposition in the couple's apartment, where they are discovered inebriated and prone.

As tensions escalate, firearms are brandished, yet the wife intervenes, revealing the substitution of lethal ammunition with harmless blanks. Despite this reprieve, Ollie feigns mortality when confronted with a simulated gunshot, enabling their escape amidst a chaotic pursuit. The duo evading their adversary's pursuit, culminating in Ollie's resigned resignation from the vantage point of a horse-drawn refuse conveyance, having sought refuge within a refuse receptacle.

Cast

Stan Laurel as Stan
Oliver Hardy as Oliver
Mae Busch as Madame Gustave
Charles Middleton as Pierre Gustave
Arthur Housman as the drunk man
Noah Young as the bartender

Production

The penultimate Laurel and Hardy short comedy made at Hal Roach Studios, the film is a reworking of Slipping Wives (1927) a silent comedy the comedians appeared in before they teamed up.^[1]

The Fixer Uppers was partially remade by The Three Stooges in 1940 as Boobs in Arms.^[2]

References

^ Everson, William K. (1967). The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy. New York City: Citadel Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-8065-0146-4.
^ Okuda, Ted; Neibaur, James L. (2012). Stan Without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films, 1917-1927. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7864-4781-7.

External links

The Fixer Uppers at IMDb
The Fixer Uppers at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Everson, William K. (1967). The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy. New York City: Citadel Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-8065-0146-4.

[2] Okuda, Ted; Neibaur, James L. (2012). Stan Without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films, 1917-1927. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7864-4781-7.

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