for those fan of laurel and hardy and the 1940s and beyond be a very sad time for the team . their contract with hal roach studio have expire and now they be free agent able to work for any studio who offer them a job . unfortunately and fox and rko and mgm ( without roach ) and even a french film company who hire the boy have absolutely no touch for their comedic talent . plus and stan and ollie be a lot old and see these geriatric men take pratfall seem sad and not particularly funny . stan look very ragged and ollie weight have balloon up to the point where he could barely walk and so it make me feel uncomfortable laugh at their very and very sedate antic . in addition to their age and this particular film suffers because fox studio oddly cast them in a supporting role and create a parallel plot involve a young couple something that reduce their time on screen and turn them into insipid hanger on instead of just be themselves . a cute and cuddly stan and ollie be very foreign to the old laurel and hardy of the 20 and 30 and just seem awfully strange and suit them poorly . now even with their age and this could have be a decent movie if it have be give decent writing and if it appear the studio care and it quite obvious they be use the b unit here with and at best and second class support . in particular and there be very few laugh and the last 10 minute of the film be simply dreadful rely exclusively on a sloppy rear project screen for the stupid chase scene which might just rank a one of the bad of it kind in film history . for mind numbed zombie lover of laurel and hardy and it probably a film they will love . but and for lover of the team who be willing to honestly evaluate this film relative to their amazing early film and it simply come up want indeed . in fact and of all their full length film pre 1940 and i can not think of one i like less than dance master . unfortunately and of the post 1940 film and this might just be one of their good one . sadly and it get a lot bad with wretched film like the big noise and nothing but trouble . i just wish the boy have just retire after sap at sea . finally and i wonder if all the generally positive review for this film on imdb might reflect the reviewer love of the team more than it an indication that this be a good film . for an audience who be not already in love with the team and i do not know how this film will do anything but bore the audience it certainly wont convince anyone that laurel and hardy be comedic genius . but even comedic genius need material worthy of their talent .