Another Fine Mess
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| Another Fine Mess | |
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| Directed by | James Parrott |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | H.M. Walker Arthur J. Jefferson (play Home from the Honeymoon) |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy |
| Music by | Leroy Shield |
| Cinematography | Jack Stevens |
| Editing by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | November 29, 1930 |
| Running time | 28 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Another Fine Mess is a 1930 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on a 1908 play by Arthur J. Jefferson, Stan Laurel's father, and is a remake of the 1927 film Duck Soup.
The title of the movie is Hardy's famous catchphrase 'Another fine mess'. However, in films Hardy always said 'Another nice mess'. The only known occasion 'Another fine mess' was apparently said by Ollie was in a radio programme the team made in the 1940s.[citation needed]
This is also the second film to feature the line "Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into", which was first used in The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case.
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[edit] Plot
Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel are vagabonds being chased by the police. They hide in the cellar of the mansion of a Quatermain-esque adventurer, Col. Buckshot (Jimmy Finlayson) recently departed for an African Safari, and which is to be rented out until his return. The boys are surrounded by police, so to deceive the honeymooning couple renting the house, Oliver disguises himself as Buckshot and Stan disguises himself as both butler and chambermaid.
During a girl-talk scene with Thelma Todd and Stan (disguised as the maid), Stan's comments get sillier and sillier, nearly causing Thelma to break character with the giggles.
[edit] Cast
- Stan Laurel
- Oliver Hardy
- Harry Bernard
- Bobby Burns
- Betty Mae Crane
- Beverly Crane
- Eddie Dunn
- Jimmy Finlayson
- Charles K. Gerrard
- Bill Knight
- Bob Mimford
- Gertrude Sutton
- Thelma Todd
[edit] Pop culture references to Another Fine Mess
- In the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Borat finds his producer Azamat in Los Angeles impersonating Oliver Hardy, although Borat mistakes him for Adolf Hitler. When Azamat finally agrees to help Borat, he dusts his arms off and chastizes him, which is translated into English as "this is another fine mess you've gotten us into".
- There are several Justice League International comic books where the cover portrays Blue Beetle saying to Booster Gold, "Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into!"
- The novel Another Fine Myth parodies the title, although the story is more a parody of the Road to movies.
