Synopses

A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (1942) : Stan and Ollie agree to transport a coffin to Dayton; unfortunately, the people they are dealing with are really crooks trying to get hold of an inheritance. The coffin then becomes confused with a stage prop for Dante the Magician.
Fantastic content: A touch of horror with the coffin plot, and some comic mayhem involving a tiny Stan.

THE DANCING MASTERS (1943) : Those perennial addlepates, Laurel and Hardy, are kicking up another rumpus at the Rialto in "The Dancing Masters." And again they are trying to prove that time does not wither nor custom stale the effectiveness of an old joke. In their simpleton's exercise they run the gamut of every comic cliché since Mack Sennett's time—from the bricks falling with clocked regularity on Hardy's noggin to the stream of ginger ale invariably pointed at his eyes. The only gag overlooked was the tossed custard pie. But if their stock in trade is well worn, the boys still manage to sell it for an occasional laugh. At any rate, "The Dancing Masters" is a better bargain than their other recent full-length excursions.

BULLFIGHTERS (1945) : Exactly two months and one day since their last appearance at the Rialto in "Nothing but Trouble," the comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy showed up again yesterday at the theatre in six reels of nonsense called "The Bullfighters." Mal St. Clair, who started making slapstick comedies back in the days when directors sported puttees and bellowed directions through megaphones, saw to it that the boys would slap each other around, splash water out of a hotel lobby fountain at a stranger and splatter themselves and a luscious blonde with eggs. Mr. St. Clair didn't need a script; he must have had the whole business down pat in the back of his memory, but we note that a script is credited to W. Scott Darling. And, in a case like this, an author deserves all the notoriety he can get.

Excerpt from the NY Times Bosley Crowther's review published: May 12, 1945 located HERE