Touches You

Sadly Over-hyped

Expected more

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Although it was made in thirties it's a great funny picture from the Fantastic Laurel and Hardy so famous in Brazil,one the best early comedies from the duo,mixing musical and comedy ours friends has to joint with the thieves to try to recover their stolen money,apart them another highlight is the beauty Thelma Todd in a sexy role,sadly years later he was found dead in most mysterious case of murder in Hollywood,unsolved by detectives and even closed and issued as suicide didn't has a proper conclusion for lack of proves,great lost to the cinema!!Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy star in this, the first of their comic operettas. They play wandering travelers forced in a life of crime after their loot is stolen. They end up assisting professional thief Dennis King though they're not above betraying him if it meant a better reward. I'll stop there and just mention one good scene of first Ollie singing before King takes over and just slays him with his warbling. I also loved seeing Stan getting drunk and then the laughing both he and Ollie do. Oh, and James Finlayson is also here and does his usual bumbling around the boys. Another supporting player named Henry Armetta is also a hoot here. Neither the songs nor Thelma Todd are bad either but, of course, it's the two men that are slim and heavyset that we've come do see. So on that note, The Devil's Brother gets a recommendation from me. Oh, and if you watch this on DVD, I also highly recommend the commentary track done by Hal Roach historians Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann.

Two of the funniest scenes in a movie. One where Laurel keeps drinking all the wine he's supposed to be putting in a vat. Soon he's sloshed and starts making a smack noise with his mouth, that gets funnier every time he does it. Soon after, they're both sitting at a table in a restaurant and Laurel can't stop laughing. Ollie tries to make him stop but he is quickly consumed by laughter as well and they are ramping up the laughter with every past moment they reminisce. You can't help yourself from laughing and I was laughing hard.Everything else about this movie is damn good too. The support acting is ahead of it's time and the music is well placed, novel and catchy. And the main female lead is very easy to look at. Check it out, won't we?

I can't understand how the comments on this film, thus far, can have been less than spectacular. This is probably among the top five of my favorite L&H films...the scene with drunken Stanlio alone is enough to split my sides every time I see it. L&H are such a joy to watch, and this film truly shows how much chemistry they had, and in the end, how much they truly respected and cared for each other--beyond the slapstick! I also loved the triptych of Thelma Todd, James Finlayson, and Dennis King. Todd was just so beautiful, graceful, and a true diva of her time. She even captures the tittering laughter that is described as typical of ladies-of-court in the late 1700's. James Finlayson, all pepper and brimstone, is a fantastically funny foil (and an alliterative jewel!) to the cast. And what can I say about Dennis King...it is such a shame that this gentleman did not have much in the way of recorded work. He is most dashing, charming, swashbuckling and handsome as the bandit Diavolo and his pseudonym, San Marco. True, he is the villain, but can we really resist him when he sings to the tavern folk, stealing a kiss from the Countess? This is a jewel of a classic. I will need to find a new VHS cassette of it soon, for mine is nearly worn with use. Better yet--wouldn't it be grand if these classics were released on DVD?