Thicker than Water (film)

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Thicker Than Water
Theatrical poster for Thicker Than Water (1935)
Directed by	James W. Horne
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	Stan Laurel (story) Frank Tashlin (uncredited)
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Cinematography	Art Lloyd
Editing by	Ray Snyder
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	March 16, 1935
Running time	20 min.
Language	English
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Thicker Than Water was the last short to star Laurel and Hardy. Directed by James W.Horne, produced by Hal Roach, and released in 1935 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the short also features James Finlayson and Daphne Pollard in supporting roles.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Special effects
4 Trivia
5 External links
6 See also

[edit] Plot

Laurel unintentionally causes serious injuries to Hardy, requiring Hardy to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Laurel to be the unwilling blood donor. During the transfusion, too much blood is pumped out of Laurel and into Hardy, requiring some of the blood inside Hardy to be pumped into Laurel. But too much blood gets pumped back into Laurel, requiring another reversal, and so forth ... until the transfusion machine explodes. When Laurel and Hardy walk out of the hospital, they appear to have turned into each other: Hardy with his moustache shaved off and wearing Laurel's too-small clothes, while Laurel is in Hardy's too-large clothes and wearing a moustache which is supposed to resemble Hardy's but (perhaps unintentionally) looks more like Adolph Hitler's. The two comedians end up imitating each other, with Hardy performing Laurel's famous befuddled "head scratch" and Laurel admonishing Hardy that this is "another fine mess".

[edit] Cast

Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Daphne Pollard
Jimmy Finlayson
Harry Bowen
Ed Brandenberg
Allan Cavan
Baldwin Cooke
Bess Flowers
Gladys Gale
Grace Goodall
Charlie Hall

[edit] Special effects

Laurel or Hardy drag the next scene into the frame from off-camera. This effect was achieved with the optical-printing device known as a wipe.

[edit] Trivia

This is the only Laurel and Hardy film in which the line "that's another fine mess you've gotten me into"; as opposed to "that's another nice mess you've gotten me into"; is spoken.