4/10
Musical short descends into chaos for grand finale
24 February 2005
YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN'

Aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Sound format: Silent

(Black and white - Short film)

Fired from an orchestra for causing havoc, Stan 'n' Ollie become street musicians and spark a near-riot...

Directed by comedy star Edgar Kennedy (originally billed as 'E. Livingston Kennedy'), this silent L&H short builds toward a climactic set-piece in which a large crowd of people are drawn into their personal squabble, resulting in complete anarchy (see also HATS OFF and PERFECT DAY for a similar scenario), largely because Stan is unwilling to suffer Ollie's bullying behavior, a dynamic which figured heavily in many of their silent entries. An earlier sequence, in which they ruin an orchestral presentation in the local park, sending conductor Otto Lederer into an apoplectic rage, is staged and executed with note-perfect precision. Originally released in the UK as THE MUSIC BLASTERS.
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