Country: United
States
Language:
English (intertitles)
Director: Clyde
Bruckman
Writer: H.M.
Walker (titles)
Stars: Stan
Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson
Release Date: 15
October 1927 (USA)
Also known as:
Das Haus der tausend Freuden (Germany); La llamada del Cucú (Argentina); Una
famiglia di matti (Italy)
Production Co:
Hal Roach Studios
Sound Mix:
Silent
Color: Black and
White
Plot Keywords:
Asylum | Two Reeler
Genres: Comedy |
Short
Mishaps befall a
new home owner (Davidson) located next door to an insane asylum. Max wants to
sell his home, because of the crazy neighbours. Somebody else wants to get rid
of his house, too, so they swap. But that house turns out to be a chaos of
installation. The lights are not connected with the right switches, gas and
water are mixed up, and the floor has a list, too. During the house-warming
party, it comes to a battle between two relatives, who have little respect for
others property, but that's not the worst blow for Max that evening.
Trivia
This film was
made just days after Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy had finished filming
Prisioneiros Azarados, in which they play shaven-headed convicts. Thus, the
reason for the boys' buzz-cut hairdos in this film.
Connections
Edited into
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)
Referenced in Homem e Mulher Até Certo Ponto
(1970)
