Any Old Port!

Any Old Port!
File:Poster - Any Old Port (1932) 01.jpg
Directed by	James W.Horne
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	H.M Walker
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Music by	Marvin Hatley Leroy Shield
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	March 5, 1932
Running time	21' 07"
Country	United States
Language	English

Any Old Port! is an American 1932 Pre Code short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James W.Horne and produced by Hal Roach.

Plot

Sailors Laurel and Hardy disembark and book in a sleazy hotel. The owner Mugsie Long intends to marry a young girl against her wishes, but Stan and Ollie come to her rescue. After fleeing the hotel, the boys find out they've left their money in their room, but an old pal of Ollie's offers $50 if Ollie will fight in a boxing ring that night. Ollie agrees but predictably makes Stan the fighter and himself the manager. The catch is Stan's opponent is Mugsie himself. Knowing how tough Mugsie is, Ollie makes a seemingly wise bet with a drunk on Mugsie to win. The drunk accepts the bet, making himself seem to Ollie a sucker. Seeing Stan as his opponent, Mugsie loads his glove with metal before the fight begins. However, during the course of the fight, Mugsie and Stan accidentally switch gloves, causing Mugsie to comically run away from Stan knowing he has the loaded glove. Stan, who doesn't realize the glove is loaded despite it weighing his arm down, manages to knock out Mugsie when he tries to pull the loaded glove off his hand and winds up knocking himself out. Ollie winces in defeat while the drunk chuckles in triumph; turns out he wasn't so much a sucker after all. Mugsie's second calls a policeman and tells him Stan had been fighting with a loaded glove. Ollie is forced to give the drunk the money they received for entering the fight, to Stan's consternation, until Ollie explains, "I bet on you to lose and you double-crossed me!" Stan, enraged at his own buddy and manager betting against him, starts to knock Ollie out cold...but as he draws his fist back, he accidentally knocks out the policeman investigating about the loaded glove, ironically still on his hand! Stan and Ollie flee the stadium in terror.

Cast

• Stan Laurel
• Oliver Hardy
• Walter Long
• Julie Bishop (billed as Jacqueline Wells)
• Harry Bernard
• Bobby Burns
• Sam Lufkin
• Dick Gilbert
• Charlie Hall

External links

• Any Old Port! at IMDb
• Any Old Port! at the TCM Movie Database
• The Sons of the Desert: International Laurel & Hardy Club (Oasis #249 - Jacksonville-Florida), AnyOldPort.com
• Any Old Port, facebook.com