Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

MartinHafer For most of this short Laurel and Hardy film, the fare is pretty typical of many of there films--with Stan and Ollie there usual lovable and stupid selves. However, they also have a cute dog that COULD have made this movie very "schmaltzy"--but fortunately, the dog is cute but the film doesn't get too wrapped up in feeling sorry for the pooch. However, late in the film--completely out of nowhere--Stan receives a letter about an inheritance (provided he dump Ollie for good). I cringed as this seemed like an obvious and cheep ploy for pathos (using sadness in comedies to pull at the hearts of the viewers). And so I found myself feeling a bit disappointed until it turned out that the writers for Hal Roach were actually NOT trying to manipulate the viewers--the end is wonderful and so, so cynical! I give this movie an 8 because again and again, it could have degenerated into phony sentimentality but in the end, it remained truly a comedy.

SnorrSm1989 Stan and Ollie share a flat in a boarding house, along with their little pet dog Laughing Gravy. The landlord finds animals to be a nuisance, however, and denies the poor thing entrance, despite a biting snow-storm outside. Our heroes are determined not to let their pet freeze to pieces, of course; and there's your plot, involving the boys' attempts to get the dog inside without the landlord getting wise about it. Being largely a remake of their last silent effort, ANGORA LOVE which had reached theatres only a couple of years before, LAUGHING GRAVY is arguably a superior work. The boys are given more opportunity here to contextualize the material to their personalities; the affection shown to their pet is almost touching at times, more so than their somewhat odd encounter with the goat of the earlier film.Surely the material here is quite simple, if observed superficially, and the outstanding force of imagination which coins the very best work of the boys was, perhaps, being saved for later efforts such as HELPMATES and THE MUSIC BOX. Even so, it's quite striking how Laurel and Hardy, when in their prime, were able to conjure the simplest of material into something distinctly individual. One sequence here which always makes me howl with laughter (the first time so much so, I remember, that I literally fell off my chair...), has the boys trying to give their pet a much-needed bath. Again, though the humor is very much physical, its effect relies heavily on the personalities of our heroes, and a viewer's degree of familiarity with them. Though the landlord is to eventually declare their behavior to be "too much" of a burden, at least to the rest of us, the story of GRAVY should be a "laughing winner." (This review was somewhat devised in June, 2012)

rbverhoef Laurel and Hardy have some trouble with a landlord who does not allow their dog. The dog is names Laughing Gravy. When the landlord discovers the dog he throws him out on the street in the cold snow. Laural and Hardy have to rescue the dog and make sure the landlord doesn't find out. You can understand the mayhem they will cause.The typical Laurel and Hardy humor, which is quite amusing, is a little too predictable here. This short gets funnier near the end, but the first half wasn't that good. Well, one little surprise was funny in that first half. Still, I enjoyed it.

Ron Oliver A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Short.Stan & Ollie are sharing a room in a boarding house with their cute canine, LAUGHING GRAVY. Trouble is, mutts aren't allowed on the premises and what the Boys go through to keep theirs hidden shouldn't happen to a dog...A hilarious little film, one of the best, although ending with a suicide is a bit much. Highlight: Stan & Ollie on the roof. That's Charlie Hall as the ferocious landlord.