The Flying Deuces (1939)

From the opening sequence, where a love struck Ollie has his marriage proposal turned down by a French waitress who laughs at him with her friends behind his back, the comedy is soured by very real pain. The rest of the film sees the pair trying to drown Ollie’s sorrows, so, appropriately, images of water humorously recur.
The film is full of brilliantly resonant sequences. Images like the laundry episode where Stan wandering through an endless vineyard of clotheslines, and ending up on a mountain full of dirty linen is brilliant. Or where the boys trying to rest only to be barked at by guards who are precursors to Beckett’s malevolently unseen authorities

Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Jean Parker

Category: Comedy
Running Time: 69 min
Registration No: G/2009/1033