On the Loose (1931)

Recommended

USA

Short Film
Director: Hal Roach
Writers: Hal Roach, H.M. Walker
Cinematographer: Len Powers
Composer: Leroy Shield
Cast: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, John Loder, Claud Allister, Billy Gilbert, Otto Fries, Charlie Hall, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

Roach’s short, following two young women, disappointed at always being taken to Coney Island by gentlemen admirers, who mistakenly think, when two debonair Englishmen promise to take them somewhere classy and original, that their days at funfairs are numbered, proves to be, with Pitts’s brilliantly world-weary performance and a delightful cameo from Laurel and Hardy, a thoroughly enjoyable experience, which also provides an interesting look at the leisure habits of people during the early 1930s. Iain.Stott