The Music Box
Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided to reorganize and resupervise their entire financial structure- so they took the $3.80 and went into business.
1932 • 29 min • Comedy
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 75 Audience · 226 · 49%
Laurel and Hardy deliver a player piano to a demanding professor, but a monumental flight of stairs, gravity, and a series of mishaps turn the simple task into an epic, hilarious struggle. Their attempts are repeatedly thwarted, leading to escalating physical comedy and frustration.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 0/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 0/10
Heads up
- Slapstick falls and minor injuries
What it models well
- Perseverance despite challenges
- Teamwork and friendship
- Problem-solving (eventually)
Talk about it after
- How challenges can become funny
- The importance of patience
- Why communication helps when working with others
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Top billed cast
Director: James Parrott • Crew: H.M. Walker, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, James Parrott, Charley Rogers
Trailers & clips
The Music Box (1932)
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers'Foundered in 1931', Laurel and Hardy decide that they have to recalibrate their extensive business empire, so armed with $3-odd, they go into the horse and cart-powered piano-delivering business.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThis is to me the finest Laurel and Hardy film ever made, not to mention one of the greatest comedies or movies ever made. Period.
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.5/10 (226)
- Age rating
- NR
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0023251