Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
A short black-and-white slapstick that uses its spooky setting as a playground: a gloomy mansion, a creepy butler and two men who get in their own way as usual. The pace is brisk, and the gags grow out of facial expressions, misunderstandings and the well-oiled interplay of Stan and Ollie. The humor has a dark edge but stays playful and harmless.
Good for you if you like classic early sound-era slapstick and would rather have 20 minutes of sharp gags than a long drawn-out story.
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