El proceso de Laurel-Hardy

Título original: The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in El proceso de Laurel-Hardy (1930)

Ollie lee una nota del periódico en la que se reclama la presencia de los herederos de Ebeneezer Laurel que falleció dejando una gran herencia. Éste convence a Stan de que debe asistir prete... Leer todoOllie lee una nota del periódico en la que se reclama la presencia de los herederos de Ebeneezer Laurel que falleció dejando una gran herencia. Éste convence a Stan de que debe asistir pretendiendo ser un familiar y hacerse con el legado.Ollie lee una nota del periódico en la que se reclama la presencia de los herederos de Ebeneezer Laurel que falleció dejando una gran herencia. Éste convence a Stan de que debe asistir pretendiendo ser un familiar y hacerse con el legado.

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Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Frank Austin

Butler
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Stanley Blystone

Detective
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Bobby Burns

Nervous Relative at Window
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Jack Rube Clifford

Detective
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Rosa Gore

Old Relative
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Dorothy Granger

Young Relative
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Charlie Hall

Unknown
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Dell Henderson

Housekeeper
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Fred Kelsey

Chief of Detectives
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Lon Poff

Old Relative
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Art Rowlands

Theater-goer Relative
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Tiny Sandford

Policeman
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Curiosidades
Like other early talkies, this film was reshot in other languages, with casts who spoke the language and Stan & Ollie learning their lines phonetically. In one of the foreign-language versions, the butler is played by Boris Karloff.

Pifias
After getting ready to go to bed, the boys drop the candle a few times, and it seemingly goes out. When they pick it up, it is lit again without them lighting it.

Citas
Oliver: Didn't you once tell me that you had an uncle?
Stanley: Sure, I've got an uncle. Why?
Oliver: Now we're getting somewhere. Is he living?
Stanley: No. He fell through a trap door and broke his neck.
Oliver: Was he building a house?
Stanley: No, they were hanging him.

Créditos adicionales
Opening credits prologue: Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided that they needed a rest - -

They had been looking for work since 1921 -

Versiones alternativas
There is also a colorized version.

Conexiones
Alternate-language version of Feu mon oncle (1930)

Banda sonora
Ku-Ku
(1928) (uncredited)
Written by Marvin Hatley
Played in the score

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Underrated Gem

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Laurel and Hardy have been out of work for nearly a decade when they read the paper and see that their luck might have changed. The relative of Laurel's has died and is leaving his estate of three million dollars. The two dimwits find themselves at the will reading and learn that the relative was actually murdered and they're going to have to spend the night.

THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE is really a spoof of those "old dark house" movies that were so popular during the silent era and would remain popular throughout the 1930's. This really is a terrific spoof as the two comic legends are in fine form and the screenplay perfectly pokes fun at some clichés like the creepy butler and the fainting woman. The first fifteen minutes mainly has dialogue jokes and some pretty good ones but it's the second half of the film that really comes to life as we get some terrific physical gags including a hilarious one dealing with Laurel sneaking back under the covers. Best dialogue:

Hardy: Is your uncle alive?

Laurel: Nope, he died of a broken neck. Fell through a trap door.

Hardy: Was he building a house?

Laurel: No, they were hanging him.