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Nothing but Trouble by Sue Stauffacher5/19/2023 SWISS MISS appears to have been butchered, in part, by Roach. But what is forgotten is how often Roach and Laurel (the real creative half of the team) failed to agree on film production. I think the reason is that these films lack the atmosphere built up by Hal Roach and his production staff. For all of Abbott and Costello's THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES or BUCK PRIVATES, one has to look at DANCE WITH ME HENRY. have the negatives of WHAT, NO BEER or BOOM IN THE MOON. Chaplin's MODERN TIMES and MONSIEUR VERDOUX is "balanced" by A KING IN NEW YORK and A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG. For every DUCK SOUP and A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, the Marx Brothers did a LOVE HAPPY or a STORY OF MANKIND. WIGGS OF CABBAGE PATCH or ALICE IN WONDERLAND. For every THE BANK DICK and IT'S A GIFT, W.C.Fields did a MRS. All the great movie comics made poor comedies in comparison to their best ones.
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