Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Apparently Jean Harlow is in this, but she didn't' stand out to me. After reading about it, I watched the potion back and yes a small piece of her dress appears to come off as part of a gag, but her legs are entirely covered by stockings and without a 4K resolution remaster, there's nothing about her that looks remotely disrobed. Anyone who thinks this is raunchy for 1929 is just plain wrong. There's actual nudity in silent movies. Anything prior to 1934 has a huge chance of being absolutely filthy, the Hays Code put a stop to that from 34-54. My favourite is probably in Buster Keaton's One Week, where the girl is having a bath and you see the line of the top of her breast, but she drops something, and has to reach it outside the bath, so a hand comes over the camera while she does and she smiles this amazing smile that acknowledges the audience. Great stuff.Back to this though. What did stand out was an Erich von Stroheim pastiche. The Prince is absolutely a Stroheim reference. He's got the monocle, the hair, the outfit from say Foolish Wives. Sadly I didn't find any of Double Whoopee particularly funny or fun compared to the other shorts I've seen, or say Buster Keaton. So my review is "meh," and a meh comedy is not worth your time.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. At a Broadway hotel they are expecting a prince and his prime minister, they mistake Stan and Ollie for them. So after signing in and the manager greeting them, Ollie gives him the letter that reveals them as a short notice doorman and footman. As they go to change the real Prince (Hans Joby, or Captain John Peters) and Prime Minister (Charley Rogers) show up, and keep ending up at the bottom of the elevator shaft, covered with mud, with Stan and Ollie dressed and walking out of it. Ollie makes the mistake of blowing a whistle for the Cabbie (Charlie Hall), and Stan causes a man's shirt to come apart pulling a loose fibre. Ollie keeps missing the door to let people out, and when Stan manages it he gets a coin from the customer. Ollie of course wants this coin, and Stan's whimpers when he has it taken, till a Policeman (Tiny Sandford) comes along, and Ollie is forced to give him another one when his is tossed down the drain. When Stan blows Ollie's cab whistle, the Cabbie and they end up in a little squabble ripping each other's hats and buttons off, with the Cabbie accidentally doing it to the Policeman. Then a cab pulls up with Swanky blonde (Jean Harlow) coming out, and her dress is ripped off when Stan catches it in the cab door, with Ollie escorting her inside the hotel. After Ollie gets Stan's coat there is another little squabble poking each other with a few others joining in,and some cake getting thrown on the Prince and Prime Minister. The film ends with the Prince and Prime Minister ending up at the bottom of the elevator shaft, with Stan and Ollie changed and walking out. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, the music added to the film sounds off tune at times, but I suppose it doesn't matter, it is an enjoyable silent film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!

Double Whoopee (1929) *** (out of 4) Silent short has a Royal Prince showing up at a lavished New York City hotel just in time for Laurel and Hardy to start their first day on the job. This is a pretty good short that has a lot of great laughs, although the thing starts to wear out towards the end. The best gag is at the start of the movie when Laurel and Hardy are mistaken for the Prince himself, which leads to the boys welcoming their new fame even though they don't understand what it's all about. Another great gag involves Hardy's constant run ins with a cop (Tiny Sandford). A lot of fans won't watch these Laurel and Hardy silents, which is a real shame because the two were great comic actors even without the benefit of their voices. The two's chemistry is certainly easy to spot and the way the two have to use their facial gestures just adds more laughs. Jean Harlow has a important role towards the end of the film, although I guess it would be more fair to say she has important joke pulled on her when her dress gets caught up in the taxi door, which of course drives off leaving her in next to nothing.

Nothing too remarkable just some good old fashioned entertainment.The story of this movie is definitely not the strongest and is quite simple as well as formulaic, especially in the beginning. Luckily the movie later turns into a more slapstick like filled silent comedy shorts, with as a result some memorable funny sequences.There are certainly some good comical sequences in this movie, which help to distinct this movie from other early Laurel & Hardy silent comedy shorts. Also the characters are fun and deliciously over-the-top. I especially liked the prince and his prime minister, for who at first our two boys were mistaken. The moments with them were the one's that made me laugh the most, despite the fact that it mostly was just nothing more than a constantly returning continuity joke.The famous Jean Harlow also plays a part in this movie. Her presence works uplifting for the movie and also probably help to make this movie more of a memorable one than it in fact truly is on its own.Not the best or most interesting Laurel & Hardy silent comedy shorts but enough things present to make this movie a better than average one.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/