Wrong Again

Wrong Again (1929)

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."

Data de estreia
1929-02-23
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (39)
Duração
20 min
Géneros
Comédia
Realizador
Leo McCarey

Elenco

Curiosidades

Wrong Again is a 1929 synchronized sound short subject film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Laurel and Hardy. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized orchestral musical score with sound effects. It was filmed in October and November 1928, and released February 23, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Production notes

Wrong Again contains a sight gag prevalent in 1929 but less familiar to contemporary audiences. As Laurel and Hardy bring their horse, Blue Boy, into the house, Stan lifts the lid off an urn, attaches Blue Boy's rein to it, and drops it to the floor. This action elicits laughter from the audience, as the flimsy lid resembles a horse anchor, a device commonly used during the era.

The working title of Wrong Again was Just the Reverse, a reference to the 180-degree hand-twist gesture that is a running gag throughout the film. Laurel and Hardy historian Randy Skretvedt writes that the gesture was a running gag around the Hal Roach Studios: creative sparkplug Leo McCarey would remind the writers that a dramatic episode could be infused with comedy by applying just a twist to make it funny.

The stable scenes were shot at a Los Angeles sports complex, polo field and ranch known as The Uplifters in Rustic Canyon.

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