The Music Box

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The Music Box (1932)

NR 1932-04-16 (US) Comedy 29m

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Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided to reorganize and resupervise their entire financial structure- so they took the $3.80 and went into business.

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The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.

James Parrott

Director, Writer
Oliver Hardy

Writer
Stan Laurel

Writer
H.M. Walker

Writer
Charley Rogers

Writer

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Oliver Hardy

Ollie
Stan Laurel

Stan
Billy Gilbert

Professor von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
William Gillespie

Piano Salesman (uncredited)
Charlie Hall

Postman (uncredited)
Hazel Howell

Mrs. von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene

Nursemaid (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin

Policeman (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

70%

Written by CinemaSerf on February 11, 2024

'Foundered in 1931', Laurel and Hardy decide that they have to recalibrate their extensive business empire, so armed with $3-odd, they go into the horse and cart-powered piano-delivering business. Now this is not an instrument that's going to be easy to carry on your back - even if you are Ollie, and as they attempt to get one into it's new Walnut Avenue home we just know that if it arrives at all, it's going to be as much use to music as fire guards are to chocolate! Half way up a staircase that wouldn't have looked out of place in a grand Italian palazzo, an altercation with a children's nurs... read the rest.

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