This is certainly the best of the shorts where Stan and Oliver play dual roles . Fair enough Stan plays Stan the child in much the same way as he plays Stan the adult but Oliver plays his child role in a slightly different way ( Almost like the kid at school who loves getting his fellow pupils into trouble off the teacher ) and it`s a memorable change to see him without his moustache
It`s easy to work out that the primative technical challange of having Stan and Oliver appear was children was simply done by building an oversize set and having the duo dress up as children and it`s interesting to note that apart from one short sequence ( Where the children are in bed so you don`t get to see their faces in close up ) the adults and children never appear in the same shot . It`s painfully obvious however that the mouse that appears is a badly animated effect
Watching this in 2004 there`s a lot of politically incorrect material which would have the do gooder brigade up in arms if it was made today . Children with airguns shooting at mice , a cat getting hit with a roller skate and worse of all an adult threatning to break childrens necks , but it is Stan and Ollie so we can forgive anything in one of the duo`s best remembered and funniest shorts
It`s easy to work out that the primative technical challange of having Stan and Oliver appear was children was simply done by building an oversize set and having the duo dress up as children and it`s interesting to note that apart from one short sequence ( Where the children are in bed so you don`t get to see their faces in close up ) the adults and children never appear in the same shot . It`s painfully obvious however that the mouse that appears is a badly animated effect
Watching this in 2004 there`s a lot of politically incorrect material which would have the do gooder brigade up in arms if it was made today . Children with airguns shooting at mice , a cat getting hit with a roller skate and worse of all an adult threatning to break childrens necks , but it is Stan and Ollie so we can forgive anything in one of the duo`s best remembered and funniest shorts