Helpmates
7.7
1932
0 hr 20 min
Comedy
Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
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- Cast:
- Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Blanche Payson , Bobby Burns
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Best movie of this year hands down!
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Let's be realistic.
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Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
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