Heck, you can almost call this a Hal Roach All-Star film versus a Laurel and Hardy film, as the ensemble cast is just as memorable as the main comics here. Vivien Oakland, Arthur Housman, and Richard Cramer all put in fine performances. The highlight to me is getting the key out of the sewer, which is original and well done. That's not to say this is a bad film, as middle of the road Laurel and Hardy is perfectly acceptable as I'm a fan. ![]() This feels very much like a compilation, and all the above mentioned things were better developed in their previous films. The drunk guy inviting homeless guys into his home after they do a good deed is from CITY LIGHTS, the Chaplin feature released a year before SCRAM! The confusion with the doors and windows when breaking into the home is NIGHT OWLS, and the contagious laughter towards the end is BLOTTO. Maybe there was feature film fatigue because this film seems to be a combination of other films. ![]() The Lord Heath page above is interesting in that it mentions this was shot after the feature PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES but released before it and it even uses the same housing exterior set piece. Not really too much to say about this one.
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