Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.
- black and white
- falling down stairs
- piano
- workplace comedy
- delivery man
- player piano
- short film
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Stan Laurel
Stan
Billy Gilbert
Professor von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
William Gillespie
Piano Salesman (uncredited)
- Charlie Hall — Postman (uncredited)
- Hazel Howell — Mrs. von Schwarzenhoffen (uncredited)
- Lilyan Irene — Nursemaid (uncredited)
- Sam Lufkin — Policeman (uncredited)
- Directed
- James Parrott
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 222 ratings
- Studio
- Hal Roach Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
