A Chump at Oxford

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAs a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.

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Anecdotes
For the ear wiggling that Stan does, he would be filmed with his ears as normal then they'd be held forward with putty or similar material and the camera restarted. The two sections would be joined together then copied and joined many times for repetition. Filmed in slow motion then projected at normal speed the ears would wave vigorously. This would be why Stan's face is fixed in one position for a relatively long time.

Gaffes
When Stan and Ollie get out of a car and thank the driver for the lift, they are in front of the entrance for The Evening Globe, which has Art Deco trim around the main doors. They then ask the driver of a Water Dept. truck for a ride. When they sit on the back of the truck as the driver turns on the street-cleaning spray, the background has changed, and they are now in front of the Globe Pipe Shop, which is next to a grand building entrance with large, Ionic columns on either side of the doors.

Citations
Baldy Vandevere: [to Stan in drag] Agnus, will you please serve the salad - without any dressing.
Stan: [walks over to Ollie] What kind of a joint is this?
Ollie: What's the matter?
Stan: He wants me to serve the salad undressed.
Ollie: Well, if he wants the salad undressed, that's the way he'll have it. Go get the salad.

Autres versions
Shortenedand reedited as "Alter Ego" for TV consumption in the 59m

Connexions
Edited into Dance of the Cookoos (1982)

Bandes originales
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung a cappella by Oxford students

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7/10

Funny!

I remember watching this on BBC2 when I was about 8 years old and finding it hysterical. So, much to my pleasure, Universal has released it on DVD (Region 2 only) along with many other Laurel and Hardy movies. I chose to watch the black and white version as that is how I originally saw it.

There is an extended opening featuring a remake of 1928's 'From Soup to Nuts' short in which Stan and Ollie cause havoc at a swanky dinner party before being employed as street sweepers. During their sweeping lunch break they inadvertently foil a bank robbery and as a reward they are sent to Oxford for a good education, perhaps finally getting them out of the gutter.

Once there, the students (including a young Peter Cushing) play all sorts of pranks on them and Stan loses (or restores) his memory when he is hit on the back of the head. Now he's Lord Paddington (I must add he does brilliantly with the accent) and he gives Ollie some amount of grief for his weight.

Very funny indeed, I suggest you check it out whenever it comes on TV.