Robot Holocaust

Block-Heads (1938)

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Directed by John G. Blystone
Written by Felix Adler, Arnold Belgard, Harry Langdon, James Parrott and Charley Rogers
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20 years after World War I is over, Stan Laurel is still at his post. When he shoots down a French plane he learns the war ended and heads back to America. There he meets up with his old friend Ollie, who is now married (and this is his anniversary!). Stan is obviously really stupid and gets them into a lot of trouble.
This film was pretty funny, yet slapstick heavy. It was very short, which is a blessing for a movie of this sort. An hour is plenty when the movie is mostly a fat man getting kicked and a guy being stupid. That's not to say those things aren't funny, but in a too large of dose it can be dreadful. You don't get enough time to start hating it.
Funny note: the poster says this movie is 90 minutes. It's really 57 minutes and IMDB doesn't list any other versions with a differing running time.

6.5/10
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