This is Laurel and Hardy's Oscar winning short film. It is their only short that ever won an Academy Award. I must admit that I liked it, but it is definitely not my favorite Laurel and Hardy short.
The short starts with explaining to us that Laurel and Hardy start their own business. After this we see a woman buying a piano that has to be delivered at her home. The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. has to do that. The woman lives on a hill and the piano in a box must be carried up a stairs. On the way Laurel and Hardy have some trouble with a woman, a professor and of course a cop. The stairs itself causes some problems as well.
The parts on the stairs are pretty funny. The predictable gags work and make sure some of the unpredictable ones work even better. There is a lot of nice physical action, some special effects and a priceless kicking scene involving Laurel, but the short itself is a little too long. The musical number near the end makes up for that, but it can not make this short the masterpiece some people say it is.
The short starts with explaining to us that Laurel and Hardy start their own business. After this we see a woman buying a piano that has to be delivered at her home. The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. has to do that. The woman lives on a hill and the piano in a box must be carried up a stairs. On the way Laurel and Hardy have some trouble with a woman, a professor and of course a cop. The stairs itself causes some problems as well.
The parts on the stairs are pretty funny. The predictable gags work and make sure some of the unpredictable ones work even better. There is a lot of nice physical action, some special effects and a priceless kicking scene involving Laurel, but the short itself is a little too long. The musical number near the end makes up for that, but it can not make this short the masterpiece some people say it is.