Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
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69% of users liked it
(73 ratings)
Drafted into the army during World War I, those muddled misfits Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy make a shambles of Training Camp before being shipped to France. When their best pal Eddie (Donald Dillaway) is killed in battle, Stan and Ollie vow to locate the grandparents of Eddie's orphaned little… More Drafted into the army during World War I, those muddled misfits Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy make a shambles of Training Camp before being shipped to France. When their best pal Eddie (Donald Dillaway) is killed in battle, Stan and Ollie vow to locate the grandparents of Eddie's orphaned little daughter (Jacquie Lyn). Unfortunately, the grandparents are named Smith--and they live in New York City. With only a city directory and phone book as their guide, Stan and Ollie undergo several chucklesome misadventures as they scour the canyons of Manhattan to find Mr. and Mrs. Smith. With the orphanage officials hot on their heels, the boys take drastic action to raise enough money to get out of town with the little girl. All turns out well when Eddie's grandfather makes an appearance under the least likely circumstances. But before Laurel & Hardy can enjoy their own happy ending, they cross the path of an old enemy from their army days: a knife-wielding chef with blood in his eye. The second of Laurel & Hardy's feature-length films, Pack Up Your Troubles is, so far as we're concerned (and here we part company with most Laurel & Hardy buffs), infinitely more amusing than their first feature effort, 1931's Pardon Us. Best bit: An overtired Laurel, attempting to tell a bedtime story to the little girl, ends up snoozing away as the kid finishes the story. The powerhouse supporting cast includes such Laurel & Hardy regulars as James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, Rychard Cramer, Charles Middleton and Charlie Hall. George Marshall, the film's director, proves a mirthsome menace in the small role of the vengeful chef. For years available only in its 62-minute reissue form, Pack Up Your Troubles was restored to its full 68-minute glory in the mid-1980s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Marshall, Ray McCarey
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 17, 1932 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Has enough original slapstick bits that work to patch together a pleasing blend of comedy and melodramatics.
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Cast
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Stan Laurel
as Himself
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Oliver Hardy
as Himself
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Donald Dillaway
as Eddie Smith
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Jacquie Lyn
as Eddie's Baby
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Mary Carr
as Woman
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James Finlayson
as the General
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Rychard Cramer
as Uncle Jack
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Adele Watson
as Uncle Jack's Wife Annie
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Tom Kennedy
as Recruiting Sergeant
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Muriel Evans
as the Bride
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Grady Sutton
as Eddie the Groom
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Billy Gilbert
as Mr. Hathaway
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Robert H. Barrat
as Detective
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Frank Brownlee
as Irascible Drill Sergeant
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Nora Cecil
as Officers in the Eastside Welfare Associa...
- Budd Fine
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Mary Gordon
as Mrs. MacTavish
- Frank S. Hagney
- Pat Harmon
- Ben Hendricks Jr.
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Cornelius Keefe
as New Recruit
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Lew Kelly
as Saunders the Bank Guard
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Charles B. Middleton
as Welfare Assn. officer
- Gene Morgan
- James C. Morton
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Bill O'Brien
as Butler
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Frank Rice
as Parkins the Butler
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C. Montague Shaw
as Groom's Father
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Richard Tucker
as Bank President
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Henry Hall
as Drill Soldier
- Marvin Hatley
- George Miller
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Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
as Rogers the Butler
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Chet Brandenburg
as Street Extra
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Baldwin Cooke
as Doughboy
- Bob O'Connor
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Charles Dorety
as Passerby
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Dick Gilbert
as Jerry Grubby Friend of Cramer
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George Marshall
as Pierre the Army Post Cook
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Elinor Vandivere
as Unperturbed Society Matron
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Charlie Hall
as Janitor
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Ham Kinsey
as Telegraph boy soldier
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Charley Young
as Crowd Extra
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James Mason
as Police Officer
- Pete Gordon
- Dorothy Layton
