Best movie of this year hands down!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Once again the boys try to fool their wives by feigning illness. This time instead of taking them to Atlantic City, Ollie gets wind of a stag at their lodge and apparently it's in his honor. After convincing Stan that he is not actually sick, they set about preparing for the event. However, it takes half the episode to get Stan's boots off Ollie, who has accidentally put them on. Stan's boots are way too small. Nothing ever works out because the women have to return and the boys are caught red handed. Nevertheless, while the women are away, things are hilarious. We would ask ourselves, if this were a realistic venue, why these guys are so cavalier in their efforts to try to get up to something when these things are doomed.

Excuses Excuses Stan and Ollie convince their wives that they can't go with them on a Vacation.They con-cocked a story of illness to stay behind.The whole short takes place in Ollie's abode complete with bathtub and boot jack remover.Pulling and tugging and trying to remove Ollie's tight boots that really belong to Stanley's feet. Hilarious for 5 minutes but the majority of the short focuses on the failure of the boot removal accompanied by that horrible background music which sounds like someone trying to defecate in a factory toilet.The only viewers who would be pleased would be the National Rifle Association when the wives come home with there shotgun in hands ready to fire!

Be Big! should be one of those early, late-1800's film shorts that lasted about a minute or a minute and a half in length and were clearly spur-of-the-moment and provided a momentary relief from the drudgery of ones day. Instead, it's a nearly thirty-minute long, failed attempt at comedy from one of America's most famous comedy duos, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The short concerns the two men about to go to Atlantic City with their wives until Hardy abruptly changes plans when his pal calls and informs him of a stag party that is taking place in their honor. In order to get out of the trip, Hardy pretends to be ill and in pain and implores Laurel to stay behind, promising to meet the wives in the morning. The plan would be fool-proof if those executing it weren't fools themselves, as much of the short concerns Laurel attempting to pull the boots off of Hardy's feet, resulting in mishaps galore.What ensues is a repetitive and dreadfully overlong account of Laurel attempting to undress Hardy, and being that this is a film with sound and dialog, it clearly functions in that time when screen writing with vocal dialog was something to still be practiced, resulting in Be Big! playing like a silent comedy in terms of its simple narrative. Because of this, the simplicity of the short is also its greatest issue, with the short never reaching comedic heights in terms of writing or performances, and we're robbed of the great situational comedy typically brought on by the team of director James W. Horne and writer H.M. Walker. Be Big! does have one memorable thing about it; it's what I was practically telling the short's ambition and scope to do while watching it.Starring: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Directed by: James W. Horne.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. Ollie and Stan are packed for a trip to Atlantic City with their wives (Isabelle Keith and Anita Garvin). But then Ollie gets a phone call from their friend Cookie (Baldwin Cooke) who invites them to a surprise stag party, he originally refuses because of the wives, but he agrees when he hears of things to expect. So Ollie gets talcum powder on his face, and pretends to be very sick to fool the wives, and Stan as well, and they go without them. So the wives leave for the train station without the boys, and they start dressing in their special clothes, while the wives find out that they just missed the train, and go back. While dressing for the stag night, Ollie manages to get his boot stuck on his foot, only to realise that he has got Stan's pair, so there is a big struggle to get one boot off. They try pulling hard on the rocking chair, using the boot jack and a little hammering, manoeuvring on the fold away bed, and a final backwards fall into the bath. Eventually the wives return home, and the boys hide in the fold away bed, and when the wives know why, they shoot the boys (in the bed) through the window, crashing, and landing in the below pond. Also starring Charlie Hall as Bellboy. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!