The Music Box
7.9
“Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided to reorganize and resupervise their entire financial structure- so they took the $3.80 and went into business.”
The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.
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Cast
8 people
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Known for
Sons of the Desert
Way Out West
Stan Laurel
Stan
Known for
Sons of the Desert
Way Out West
Billy Gilbert
Professor von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
Known for
The Great Dictator
Fun and Fancy Free
William Gillespie
Piano Salesman (uncredited)
Known for
Grandma's Boy
Charlie Hall
Postman (uncredited)
Known for
Tit for Tat
They Go Boom!
Hazel Howell
Mrs. von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
Also in
The Way of All Pants
Fixed by George
Lilyan Irene
Nursemaid (uncredited)
Known for
County Hospital
Sam Lufkin
Policeman (uncredited)
Known for
Liberty
County Hospital
James Parrott Director · Oliver Hardy Writer Stan Laurel Writer
United States release April 16, 1932 · Produced in United States · Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
Hal Roach Studios
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 16, 1932
Theatrical
United States
October 2, 1986 · TV · Colorized Version
Australia
September 16, 1932 · Theatrical
Austria
October 6, 1933 · Theatrical
October 12, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Vienna International Film Festival
Denmark
October 3, 1947 · Theatrical
Finland
April 20, 1988 · TV
Germany
August 19, 1932 · Theatrical
May 12, 1967 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 28, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
March 24, 2010 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
August 5, 1932 · Theatrical
November 15, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
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