Review of Another Fine Mess (1930) by William W — 14 Feb 2011

You can tell it's not going to be top-flight L&H from the manner in which it packs Finlayson off in a cab in its opening seconds - we have to make do with the visiting Sir Leopold Plumtree, with his ghastly laugh and infinite supply of calling cards - and only with his return, marked by one of the greatest double takes of all time, does the comedy truly perk up: the whole goes somewhere genuinely unexpected in its closing five minutes.

Hat damage: Stan falls backwards onto Plumtree's topper. Banana skins: none, although Stan goes over on a loose hall rug, and both he and Ollie have trouble around the mansion's many staircases.

By this point, the pair were evidently moving up in the world - even if they remained shaky on their feet.