Our Wife

Our Wife
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Directed by	James W. Horne
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	H. M. Walker
Starring	Laurel and Hardy
Music by	Marvin Hatley Leroy Shield
Cinematography	Jack Stevens
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	December 1, 1931 (1931-12-01)
Running time	20' 52"
Country	United States
Language	English

Our Wife is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hal Roach comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Oliver is making plans to be married to his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and steal away at night to a justice of the peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.

After this, there is a memorable scene in which Ollie, his gargantuan fiancée and Stan try to cram into a tiny car Stan hired for their elopement, Ollie having expected a "limousine". After much struggling they finally succeed in getting themselves and a suitcase into the car, but as they move off it tilts up under the weight and Stan's head smashes through the roof. The film concludes with a cross-eyed justice marrying Ollie to Stan.

Cast

• Stan Laurel
• Oliver Hardy
• Babe London as Dulcy (uncredited)
• James Finlayson as Dulcy's father (uncredited)
• Blanche Payson as the wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
• Charley Rogers as the Butler (uncredited)

External links

• Our Wife at IMDb
• Our Wife at the TCM Movie Database
• Our Wife at Rotten Tomatoes