The odd couple of sailors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are unlikely candidates to pick up two young women (Anne Cornwall and Gloria Greer) in the park, but they do, and this Los Angeles park will never be the same again. If it isn't Laurel managing to make good on a .30 cent soda bill with only .15 cents (thanks to a lucky streak of a quick gamble), it's the frantic boat ride in the lake that results in a near riot. Onlooking and frustrated by this is their longtime foe, James Finlayson, almost a third member of the team, here both running the soda fountain and the boat rental service. You half expect to hear Stanley say, "My, that fellow gets around!" Moderately funny, it uses some great location shots that attract fans of the boys to this day, giving it historical interest. That's "Running Wild" in the background, famously sung by Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot", used for a couple of their shorts until the familiar peppy Laurel & Hardy theme was added later on.
Review of Men O'War
