Nothing But Trouble

Working as the world’s worst chef and equally inept butler, Stan and Ollie wreck a fancy dinner party and, in the process, accidentally foil a plot to poison a young king-in-exile, finding nothing but trouble.

Nothing But Trouble (1944) starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

Product Description for Nothing but Trouble

In Nothing but Trouble, the boys fuss and finagle as World War II-era domestics who rally ’round an exiled boy king when danger arises. Sam Taylor, co-director of Harold Lloyd’s famed hanging-from-the-clock-high-above-city-traffic movie Safety Last!, guides this romp that includes a gem of a ledge-hanging sequence. Hold tight for fall-down funny fun.

Funny movie quotes from Nothing But Trouble

Mrs. Elvira Hawkley: The last man I had stayed for several years. He’ll tell you I was most accommodating. In fact, I still get letters from him. He’s on an island somewhere in the Pacific. I think they call it Alcatraz.

Mrs. Elvira Hawkley: I thought a little spot of this might refresh you before taking up your new duties. It’s Chateauneuf 1924.
Stan (Stan Laurel): Gee, that’s pretty old. Haven’t you got anything new?

Oliver (Oliver Hardy): Well, there’s nothing to it. All you have to do is look the lion straight in the eyes. Lions are afraid of that. I read that in a book.
Stan (Stan Laurel): But did the lion read the book?

Oliver (Oliver Hardy): Come Stanley, let no one say that we were afraid to die.
Stan (Stan Laurel): I don’t care who says it.

Cast of characters

• Stan Laurel (West of Hot Dog) … Stan Laurel
• Oliver Hardy (Atoll K / Utopia) … Oliver Hardy
• Mary Boland (Ruggles of Red Gap) … Mrs. Elvira Hawkley
• Philip Merivale (This Land Is Mine) … Prince Saul
• Henry O’Neill (The Walking Dead 1936) … Mr. Basil Hawkley
• David Leland … King Christopher / Chris
• John Warburton … Ronetz
• Matthew Boulton (Holy Matrimony) … Prince Prentiloff
• Connie Gilchrist (Two on a Guillotine) … Mrs. Flannigan

Trivia

• According to the “Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia”, Buster Keaton worked as a gag writer on this film, at the request of his good friend Stan Laurel.
• Laurel and Hardy’s biggest box office success, grossing $1,500,000 on its initial release.
• The problem with this film started with the writers Russell Rouse and Ray Golden. The latter admitted he didn’t know much about Laurel and Hardy and what he knew about them he didn’t like. The script consisted of gags and situations that didn’t fit The Boys, such as cutting a tough steak with a hacksaw at a dinner party.