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Another Fine Mess (1930) Movie Review

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Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Thelma Todd, Charles Gerrard.
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Another Fine Mess (1930)
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play a couple of vagrants who take refuge in a seemingly deserted mansion. When a couple of prospective tenants (Thelma Todd and Charles Gerrard) turn up, Oliver is forced to play Colonel Buckshot, the owner of the mansion, while Stan essays the role of Agnes, the maid.
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Analysis of Another Fine Mess (1930)
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Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1930's-1950's
Kind of comedy - s/he is a he/she
How much humor v. drama - Nearly all humor

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) very skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Dumb? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) fat
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - blonde
Hair type - (woman) short/butch/lez
unclothed? - partially transparent clothes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - very happy
Check here if B&W Yes
Any profanity? - None
Is this movie based on a - play
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