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The Music Box

Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided to reorganize and resupervise their entire financial structure- so they took the $3.80 and went into business.

7.5(233)193229m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • black and white
  • falling down stairs
  • piano
  • workplace comedy
  • delivery man
  • player piano
  • short film

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR16 Apr 1932
    • TVGColorized Version2 Oct 1986
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU5 Aug 1932
    • TheatricalRe-release15 Nov 2015
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalG16 Sept 1932
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical6 Oct 1933
    • Theatrical (limited)Vienna International Film Festival12 Oct 2009
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical3 Oct 1947
  • FinlandFI

    • TV20 Apr 1988
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical19 Aug 1932
    • TheatricalRe-release12 May 1967
    • PhysicalDVD28 Nov 2000
  • SwedenSE

    • PhysicalDVD24 Mar 2010

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The Music Box was released on 16 April 1932.

Audience reviews

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  • T

    talisencrw

    6/25/2016

    10/10

    This is to me the finest Laurel and Hardy film ever made, not to mention one of the greatest comedies or movies ever made. Period.

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    2/11/2024

    7/10

    'Foundered in 1931', Laurel and Hardy decide that they have to recalibrate their extensive business empire, so armed with $3-odd, they go into the horse and cart-powered piano-delivering business. Now this is not an instrument that's going to be easy to carry on your back - even if you are Ollie, and as they attempt to get one into it's new Walnut Avenue home we just know that if it arrives at all, it's going to be a…

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