Assigned to wash the stairs, the boys inadvertently dump soap water into the organ pipes and this causes the music to be accompanied by bubbles as the composer works on his latest piece. The smashing of the piano obliges the composer to use the large organ near the staircase, until a replacement is delivered. This struggle ends with the bridge breaking and the portable piano & gorilla plunging into the abyss. Various mis-adventures ensue (including Laurel getting drunk on a St.Bernard's keg of whiskey, a confrontation with a local street musician's gorilla on a perilously-perched rope bridge, while carting a small piano over it to an isolated cliff house so the composer can work there in peace). A Viennese composer present at the hotel is disrupted by the presence of his wife - an opera singer who upstages him constantly Ollie subsequently falls in love with her. They also had antagonized and insulted the chef, who tells them that for each dish they break they work another day. On top of that, a cheese shop owner cons them out of their wares with a bogus banknote, and they are forced to work as dishwashers in a nearby hotel after ordering a slap-up meal they are unable to pay for. While visiting one village, they find the villagers unresponsive. Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice. It also features Walter Woolf King, Della Lind and Eric Blore in support. Blystone, produced by Hal Roach and starring Laurel and Hardy. *Please note that I am an Amazon affiliate and as such any purchases made using the above links will help to support this podcast, whilst not costing you a penny more.Swiss Miss, is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. To find the best Laurel and Hardy books, DVD and Blu-Ray releases, visit The Laurel & Hardy Blog’s Amazon storefront, click here:
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In the second half of the show, Patrick also welcomes regular Laurel and Hardy author and expert and friend of the Blogcast, Randy Skretvedt, who takes a close look at the film’s productions history. As well as hearing John’s Laurel and Hardy back-story, we also have the welcome return of the Atoll Question! In the footsteps of Harold Lloyd, Liberty is the one and only time Stan and Babe made an out-and-out ‘thrill’ picture and what a hilarious short it is! To help him to discuss the locations used for the filming of Liberty, Patrick welcomes a new guest to the Blogcast, the “great detective of silent film locations”, John Bengtson. Episode 26 has very lofty ambitions, as Patrick and his guests discuss Laurel & Hardy’s 1929 short, Liberty.
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