Jitterbugs

Although lacking in much of the standard L & H humor, this film has other merits going for it. Ollie's impersonation of Southern gentleman Colonel Watterson Bixby of Amadillo County, Texas offers him the felicitous opportunity to play a character close to his own Southern upbringing. Once again in drag, Stan's characterization of Bostonian dowager, Emily Cartwright, offers him the joyous occasion of reusing his Lord Paddinton upper-crust accent tempered with a slight nuance of local Boston color. The scenes in which they appear are a sheer delight chiefly because they carry it off with such finesse and aplomb. Fans may be disappointed at the lack of the usual slapstick, but Stan and Ollie are so splendid in the roles within roles that they more than easily compensate for it. This film as well as "The Bullfighters", with its more tried and true formula, make these two outings the best of their Twentieth Century Fox excursion.

Jitterbugs is good entertainment for a rainy afternoon,but far from an example of their best work. Both, although past their prime, are delightful playing the various characters moves into the plot. Stan in drag is fun, but not up to his Hal Roach moments in faux-fem roles.

Ollie demonstrates his comic genius and graceful dance moves too.

I love the two man band sequence and as a southern gentleman he is a delight.

Bob Bailey in his screen debut is fine, but his real skill was in radio as Johnny Dollar.

Vivian Blaine sings a few mediocre tunes that should have been left on the cutting room floor. With the wealth of music available in the Fox library they should have been much better.

All I all, it is fun and worth the 1 and 1/4 hours.

Just watching this film on the Talking Pictures TV channel, I don't know this movie. I am a huge Stan and Ollie fan, and have seen far too few of their movies and simply couldn't resist viewing it.

Frankly I am ashamed of the atrocious rating for this movie here on IMDb, I can only assume it's culled from the abysmal reviews.

To my mind Laurel and Hardy still outshine a large percentage, of the tat that passes for 'comedy' these days. Their movies are still funnier than a great amount, of 'comedy' dross that the film industry still try and palm us off with. As a Brit I have to say that the absolute worst culprits, are the American film companies.

Fox wanted 'commercial $ makers and their 21st century compatriots, are still up to the same fiscal shenanigans.

There is nothing new in either the film nor TV industries, profit motives before quality every time.

But with Laurel and Hardy their comedic quality will always shine through, and frankly continues to transcend time itself.

This is an enjoyable film for L&H fans, despite it not being as funny as their earlier features. However, that is to be expected in anybody's career.

Far better that they made it than just retiring in 1940. Don't expect their best, but give it a viewing

They weren't as good as they'd been but still better than any other double act. This film was too plot heavy but held my attention for at least an hour and made me laugh. What more could one want from a comedy? They should definitely have been put into an MGM musical.