Them Thar Hills
1934 | 20m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Charley Rogers |
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| Writer: | Stan Laurel, H.M. Walker |
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| Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 21, 1934 |
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| Director: | Charley Rogers |
| Writer: | Stan Laurel, H.M. Walker |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | mountain, slapstick comedy, woods, black and white, intoxication, moonshine, jealous husband, camping trailer, gout, flirtatious woman, short film, water well, stranded motorists |
| Production Companies | Hal Roach Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stan Laurel | Stan |
| Oliver Hardy | Ollie |
| Mae Busch | Mrs. Hall |
| Charlie Hall | Mr. Hall |
| Billy Gilbert | The Doctor |
| Bobby Dunn | Moonshiner |
| Richard Alexander | Moonshiner |
| Sam Lufkin | Moonshiner |
| Eddie Baker | Officer |
| Bobby Burns | Officer |
| Baldwin Cooke | Officer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stan Laurel | Writer |
| H.M. Walker | Writer |
| Charley Rogers | Director |
| Art Lloyd | Director of Photography |
| Bert Jordan | Editor |
| Don Sandstrom | Assistant Director |
| James Greene | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal Roach | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Some genius comedic bits here, as on a much-needed vacation to soothe Ollie's nerves, the famed duo camp in the country and inadvertently get drunk on moonshine, thinking it's 'healthy mountain water'. They share its virtues with a beautiful woman and then have to deal with the crazily jealous husba ... nd. Highly recommended if and when you need a few really good laughs!
So poor old Ollie has gout! To help him recover, he and Stan retreat to a remote mountain shack where it transpires the local moonshiners have been hiding their produce in plain sight - in the well! Gradually the pair discover that they are rather partial to the local water. There is a fun sequence ... with Charlie Hall amongst some amiable antics, and though maybe we have seen a few of the scenarios elsewhere amongst this duo's output before, this is a tightly paced but simple and amusing twenty minute outing that I really quite enjoyed.