we faw down aspect ratio represent 1 . 33 represent1sound format represent silent ( black and white short film ) stan n ollie get mix up with a couple of floozy ( kay deslys and vera white ) after set out to visit a theatre which burn down in their absence . needless to say and their tyrannical wife ( vivien oakland and bess flower ) be not amuse . leo mccarey ok comedy lay the narrative framework for william seiter masterpiece son of the desert ( 1934 ) and with l and h playing brow beaten victim of circumstance and force to tell a monstrous lie which backfire in spectacular fashion . much of it be very funny and especially the scene in which stan be tease by deslys and lead to a violent game of push and shove . however and some of the fun be undercut by oakland and flower and play their role completely straight and which add an element of unpleasantness to the henpecked husband scenario . originally release in the uk a we slip up .