Laurel & Hardy: Be Big!

The boys trick their wives so they can party at a hunting lodge, but they have trouble getting into special riding togs worn by their fraternal order. Upon discovering this deception, the ladies grab handy shotguns to demonstrate their disapproval and blasting skills. Most of the delightfully breezy background music cues were written by Roy Shield, and, as always, they complemented the visuals and dialogue of these comedies wonderfully well. Directed by James W. Horne. With Anita Garvin, who more or less retired after this to raise her kids. “I just adored Stan, ” she said. “He was the only true genius I ever knew. Babe was actually quiet and unassuming, even shy, except when the cameras turned. You’d see him come alive, and wonder, ‘How did he do that? Where did that come from?’ Heavens!”