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Watch: The Flying Deuces 1939 123movies, Full Movie Online – Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper’s daughter he’s fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, but crash after a wild ride..
Plot: Ollie is in love with a woman. When he discovers that she is already married, he tries to kill himself. Of course, the suicide is avoided and the boys join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. Finally, they are arrested for trying to desert the Legion and to escape the firing squad by stealing a plane.
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A few chuckles and it flies by, can’t say I massively enjoyed it though.

‘The Flying Deuces’ features the talents of iconic duo Laurel and Hardy. Despite knowing of them for as long as I can remember, I can’t say I’ve seen much – if anything – of them before this. I look forward to seeing more in the future, but hopefully they’re a tad better than this.

This is solid enough, as I said I did feel amused at a few moments. A more interesting plot would’ve peaked my interest more, as would less of the overly obvious comedy. Very meh, for me.

I’d have to say that this is one of my favourite outings for Stan and Ollie – but like most of the slapstick comedy of the 30s, it has not aged at all well. Ollie has fallen for a young French woman, but she has eyes on a refined, posh, Captain and so he is rejected! In the depths of despair, he considers (joint) suicide in the Seine (inhabited by a deadly killer shark) before alighting on a cunning plan to join the Foreign Legion, thereby assured of certain death…. well, hmmm – not quite: instead they end up in charge of the largest mountain of laundry since the Ark landed on Mount Ararat after 40 days of rain – and, for a mere 3 cents per day. Of course, chaos ensues and when he bumps into his long lost love again, that just makes matters worse… The bond between the stars, and their wonderful affinity with each other is great to see; but the jokes are all very tame and the inclusion of “Shine on Harvey Moon” though really quite accomplished, has no obvious place in the narrative… It is simple, harmless fun that ought to be seen.

The Flying Deuces (1939) ***
Funny Laurel and Hardy picture has the boys as two Americans vacationing in France. Ollie develops a boy-like crush on a pretty café waitress and intends to marry her but has his heart broken when she must turn him down, for she is already happily married. Poor Ollie at first decides to end it all and take his good pal Stan with him, until he gets a better suggestion to just join the Foreign Legion to try and forget his troubles. This, or course, leads to even more troubles! A good solid comedy from Laurel and Hardy, nearing the very end of their best period in the Hal Roach movies. This film has long been available as a public domain release on various labels with rather weak quality, but the best print out there as of this date is the DVD from KINO. It really boosts the enjoyment of this one. *** out of ****

When Hardy falls in love
There is very good reason why Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are widely considered comedy geniuses and one of the most highly regarded comedy duos there is/was. They were often hilarious and their humour was never too juvenile and never fell into distaste. There is also very good reason as to why their partnership is iconic. Most of their efforts, shorts and feature films, ranged from entertaining to classic comedy. Even their lesser efforts were not unwatchable and had their good parts.

While ‘The Flying Deuces’ is a long way from being one of Laurel and Hardy’s all-time best and from being a classic, it is still very enjoyable and one of their better faring later films before their decline period, even with its faults. Would not recommend it as a must watch as far their filmography and comedy goes, but would definitely recommend it as well worth the look.

It is not one of their better-looking films, with some it being particularly crudely edited. Some of it is on the corny side in terms of humour and could have done with a little more wit.

Story-wise, this aspect always was fairly slight or not much of one in their short and feature films. ‘The Flying Deuces’ is not an exception and there are a few slow stretches. Hardy perhaps is a little too simpering here, it suits the plot but it is somewhat out of character for him.

For all those faults, the duo are on top form. They are immensely charming with impeccable comic timing, with plenty of sly verbal wit and nimble physical comedy. There is even a gentle quality to some of the humour and it does make it quite endearing to watch. They work so well as a partnership too, they gel so well and it is not a case of one being more interesting and better used than the other like a lot of their early efforts pre-‘Two Tars’ were. James Finlayson and Charles Middleton are the supporting cast standouts and Jean Parker is a charmer as the love interest.

Many funny moments here, with one of the better and funnier opening scenes of their later films and a deliciously wild ending. The jail and harp scenes are also terrific fun and the dance sequence is light and endearing. Although with slow stretches, there is evidence of a lively pace and the story does not overly focus on the romance, which was sweet and didn’t bog the film down (this was something that was a problem in ‘Swiss Miss’, a lesser effort, for instance). The odd surprisingly dark moment as well.

On the whole, well worth watching and enjoyable. The duo though have done better. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 9 min (69 min), 1 hr 5 min (65 min) (TCM print) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Comedy, Family, War
Director A. Edward Sutherland
Writer Ralph Spence, Charley Rogers, Fred Schiller
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 1,870 m (Yugoslavia), 1,889 m (Netherlands)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm