While this is often billed as a "Laurel and Hardy film", it really isn't. A more correct description might be a "Laurel and James Finlayson film with a small bit part by Oliver Hardy". And as long as your heart is not 100% set on seeing a Laurel and Hardy film, you'll probably enjoy this film a lot, as the film does compare very well to the other comedy shorts released at the latter portion of the silent era.
James and Stanley are involved in a situation that would later be repeated in several Laurel and Hardy shorts--a woman from James' past is trying to blackmail him into paying her for silence. James did nothing wrong, as he dated this woman years earlier, but this evil vixen threatens to tell the wife and swear James has been seeing her AFTER he got married! So, desperate and unwilling to risk telling the wife the truth, he gets his employee, Stanley, to run interference by taking the vixen out for a good time until James can slip away and make the payoff. Unfortunately, Stan is ALSO married and the bad woman makes his life pretty tough as well. Much of the film is spent on this dilemma. However, the film ends very well with an exceptional sight gag, as Stan tries to nonchalantly walk out the door with,...well, I guess you just need to see this final scene yourself.
Despite not truly being a Laurel and Hardy film, the short is very well-made and entertaining. Give it a shot--it's much better than you'd expect from a film without the later Laurel and Hardy formula.
James and Stanley are involved in a situation that would later be repeated in several Laurel and Hardy shorts--a woman from James' past is trying to blackmail him into paying her for silence. James did nothing wrong, as he dated this woman years earlier, but this evil vixen threatens to tell the wife and swear James has been seeing her AFTER he got married! So, desperate and unwilling to risk telling the wife the truth, he gets his employee, Stanley, to run interference by taking the vixen out for a good time until James can slip away and make the payoff. Unfortunately, Stan is ALSO married and the bad woman makes his life pretty tough as well. Much of the film is spent on this dilemma. However, the film ends very well with an exceptional sight gag, as Stan tries to nonchalantly walk out the door with,...well, I guess you just need to see this final scene yourself.
Despite not truly being a Laurel and Hardy film, the short is very well-made and entertaining. Give it a shot--it's much better than you'd expect from a film without the later Laurel and Hardy formula.