Shemp and Rosco are husbands who married sisters and all live with the wive's mother. The husbands have been out late at night drinking and are trying hard no to make any noise as they slip back into the house, where the mother-in-law is guarding the door armed with a rolling pin.
Is this for you? If you have a soft spot for the kind of frantic, black-and-white slapstick where men get hit with kitchen utensils, you’ll probably find something to chuckle at here. It’s barely a movie, really—more like a long, chaotic sketch that doesn't overstay its welcome. If you hate old-school pratfalls or peop...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lloyd French
Henry Edwards
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"Is this for you? If you have a soft spot for the kind of frantic, black-and-white slapstick where men get hit with kitchen utensils, you’ll probably find something to chuckle at here. It’s barely a movie, really—more like a long, chaotic sketch that doesn't overstay its welcome. If you hate old-school pratfalls or people whispering way too loudly in hallways, just skip it. Shemp Howard has this way of moving that makes every single step look like a chore. He and Roscoe Ates are trying to naviga..."
Burnet Hershey, Jack Henley
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