
With Stan in drag, the boys get jobs as a married butler and maid for a dinner party at the Vandeveres. When that ends in disaster, they're reduced to sweeping streets, and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford for a proper education. There they become victims of student pranks, getting lost in the university's Maze, and taking over the Dean's quarters as their own; but, then a knock on the head turns Stan "back" into the famed L... (Full plot summary below)
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With Stan in drag, the boys get jobs as a married butler and maid for a dinner party at the Vandeveres. When that ends in disaster, they're reduced to sweeping streets, and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford for a proper education. There they become victims of student pranks, getting lost in the university's Maze, and taking over the Dean's quarters as their own; but, then a knock on the head turns Stan "back" into the famed Lord Paddington, scholar and athlete extraordinaire. Suddenly erudite and supercilious, he retains Oliver as his valet, "Fatty.
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| The SpectatorGraham GreeneLaurel and Hardy are together again -- this is better news than anything the papers print. A Chump at Oxford ranks with their best pictures. |
| User ReviewVictoria WPossibly my favourite Laurel & Hardy film so far. What a classic and a whole lot of fun. I enjoyed it all but especially loved the getting lost in a maze and the "serve the salad undressed". |
| User ReviewLars P"We'll take off their britches and throw them out!". Excellent stuff. |
| User ReviewDevon B"Fatty, lift your chin. No, no, no both of them." Lol - a classic Laurel and Hardy |
| User ReviewDavey MProbably my favorite Laurel and Hardy film (Stan's dual characters are hilarious). The bit where they spend, apparently, an entire day and night and day stuck in a garden maze is the height of comedic film surrealism. |
| User ReviewJeremiah L'I say fatty, you've not got the standing of a good lacky' or words to that effect............Stan finally in the driving seat.........it's a toss up between this and Way Out West |
| User ReviewRachel DTHE BEST FILM EVER THE LINE "FATTY LIFT UP YOU CHIN" "NO BOTH OF THEM" CLASS |
| User ReviewMichael KComic masterclass from er... the masters. |
| User ReviewJürgen MI've seen this film dozens of times and I never tire of it. Stan Laurel gives a surprising performance that shows he had more comic versatility than he let on elsewhere. |
| User ReviewAndy DA ne pas louper: la scene du labyrinth! Trop drole! |