The Music Box (1932)

Directed by

James Parrott

Genre

comedy film, buddy film

Country

United States

Runtime

28 min

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 221 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men try to haul a heavy piano up a long outdoor staircase. They keep running into silly problems and their efforts go chaotically wrong.

lightheartedslapstickfrustratingplayfulwarmcomedicphysicalclassic

What happens

The Music Box is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, which depicts the pair attempting to move a piano up a long flight of steps, won the first Academy Award for Best Live Action Short (Comedy) in 1932. In 1997, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is widely seen as the most iconic Laurel and Hardy short, with the featured stairs becoming a popular tourist attraction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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