''Our Wife'' is a 1931 American

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comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne and released by

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Plot

Oliver is making plans to be married to his sweetheart Dulcy ( Babe London) with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father ( James Finlayson) sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to

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, and steal away at night to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house. Ollie, his gargantuan fiancée and Stan try to cram into a tiny car Stan hired for their elopement, but Ollie had expected a "

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". After much struggling, they finally succeed in getting themselves and a suitcase into the car. As they move off, it tilts up under the weight and Stan's head smashes through the roof. The film concludes with a cross-eyed justice (

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) marrying Ollie to Stan.

Cast

* Stan Laurel as Stan * Oliver Hardy as Ollie * Babe London as Dulcy * James Finlayson as Dulcy's Father *

as The Justice of the Peace *

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as The Wife of the Justice of the Peace * Charley Rogers as The Butler

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* * * * 1931 films 1931 comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by James W. Horne Laurel and Hardy (film series) Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub