Their First Mistake (1932)

Cautiously Recommended

USA

Short Film

Director: George Marshall

Cinematographer: Art Lloyd

Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch

When Mrs. Hardy warns Ollie (under the threat of leaving him) that he’s not to go out on the town with Stan any more, Stan suggests that he give her a baby to take her mind off their gadding about, which he does that very afternoon, going out with Stan to adopt one – unfortunately, on their return, they are greeted not by a doting mother, but by a process server with divorce papers, and are left holding the baby, in this patchy, low-key, and only sporadically entertaining Laurel and Hardy short. Iain.Stott