Any Old Port 🥊💰 Laurel and Hardy 🏨👧

In "Any Old Port," Stan and Ollie find themselves at a run-down hotel, assisting a young girl in evading the menacing landlord, Long. They hastily leave the hotel with no funds, and Ollie sets up a boxing match for Stan to earn $50. However, Stan faces Musgy, an opponent with a rigged glove. Amidst the bout, the glove is exchanged, leading to Stan's victory. Unfortunately, they discover that Ollie wagered their earnings on Stan's defeat.

Trivia

Unfortunately for us James Finlayson fans, this movie was a three-reel film, and the first reel has been lost. It now only exists through still images. The missing reel occurred on a ship and starred James Finlayson and Tiny Sandford.

As Mugsie Long (Walter Long) drags the Bride (Julie Bishop) away from the pool table and out of the frame, the boom mic's shadow briefly appears at the top of the screen before disappearing.

When Ollie slams into the kitchen wall, it noticeably moves. The same wall also moves when Mugsie touches it for support.

Mugsie chases Stan and Ollie around a long table to retrieve a key. Stan hops onto an end chair and runs along the table with Mugsie in pursuit. As Mugsie reaches the center, Ollie pulls the extension out from his end, causing Mugsie to fall through the gap and break a section of the table. However, when Stan and Ollie push the extensions back in place, trapping Mugsy by the neck, there is no visible damage to the table or broken pieces in a sidelong shot.

After Mugsie Long is struck by the weighted glove on Stan's right hand, it falls to the boxing ring floor along with Long. In the next scene, Stan is wearing both gloves as the weighted glove hits the referee.

As Stan removes his robe before the fight, his boxing gloves accidentally come off. He quickly puts them back on, but the laces on his left glove hang down, unlaced. In the subsequent shot, his laces are suddenly laced up as he enters the fight.

Dick Gilbert, who acts as Walter Long's assistant during the boxing sequences, was a real-life boxer.

The $50 that Stan and Ollie were supposed to earn from the fight is equivalent to more than $1000 in 2022.

References

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