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From the outset, the M-G-M executives were not supporters of Davidson’s work, and they did not hide their displeasure.Ī telegram sent on 14 th September 1927 from Warren Doane to his boss, Hal Roach, illustrates that M-G-M’s feelings concerning the Davidson series must have been immediately evident, and the Roach Studio’s management team was already considering a pro-active response: Unfortunately for Davidson, his luck changed when Roach’s contract with his distributor, Pathé Exchange, expired and a new agreement was formed with Hollywood giant, M-G-M. Davidson’s particular brand of ‘ethnic’, specifically Jewish, humour was very popular with audiences in the late 1920s. Max Davidson had joined the Roach lot in 1926 and had enjoyed considerable success, quickly rising from the ‘All-Stars’ stable to become the lead comic of his own series. However, things were not so rosy for another comic at the Roach Studio. Max Davidson’s luck was about to run out. Laurel and Hardy had become household names, despite not having their own designated series. Across the board, from the exhibitors and their movie-going patrons to the trade reviewers and all-importantly the executives at Roach’s distributor, M-G-M, all were unanimously won over by Stan and Ollie’s on-screen antics. The popularity of the Laurel and Hardy team had dramatically increased, film by film, since the studio had teamed them the previous summer. And yet, the film can claim a uniquely significant status in the Laurel and Hardy filmography. The boys’ official biographer, John McCabe, wrote somewhat dismissively of the comedy, suggesting that Stan and Babe could, and perhaps should, have done better with the material at hand.
Should Married Men Go Home? is an average Laurel and Hardy picture from this period.
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