Les carottiers (1932)★ 6.3/10

Passed · US · 63 min · December 16, 1932

Comedy

Stan & Ollie (speaking phonetic French!), having been kicked out by their wives on a wintry night, attempt to smuggle their little dog into an apartment house where dogs are not allowed.

Original title

Les carottiers

Storyline

This film combines the French language versions of two Laurel & Hardy short films, Be Big and Laughing Gravy, into a pseudo-feature in which the actors speak phonetic French. Commencing with Be Big: the boys fail to join their wives for a weekend in Atlantic City because they've been invited to a stag meeting of their lodge...but they never make it to their lodge, either, because Ollie gets his feet stuck in Stan's too-small boots. A title card explains that the boys have subsequently been kicked out by their wives, and are left with only their little dog, at which point begins Laughing Gravy: on a wintry night in an apartment house where pets are forbidden, the boys attempt to hide their dog, Laughing Gravy, from the landlord, but are threatened with expulsion. However [in a plot twist not found in the original English language version], Stan then receives a letter saying that he will inherit a fortune from his uncle if he leaves Ollie forever; the uncle blames Ollie for Stan's low standing in the world. Stan refuses this condition-- but only so he won't have to give up his dog.

Rating

6.3 / 10 · 244

Companies

Hal Roach Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Release dates

FR December 16, 1932
DE January 18, 2000