{"id":1194,"date":"2006-06-19T20:50:29","date_gmt":"2006-06-20T03:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:42:36","slug":"way-out-west-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1194","title":{"rendered":"Way Out West (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I think we&#8217;ve given that deed to the wrong woman!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Poster.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nLaurel and Hardy head to Brushwood Gulch to deliver a gold mine deed to the daughter (Rosina Lawrence) of a dead prospector. Once there, however, they find themselves swindled by the girl&#8217;s bosses (Jimmy Finlayson and Sharon Lynn), and must do what they can to return the deed to its rightful owner. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Con-Artists<\/li>\n<li>Laurel &#038; Hardy Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this classic Laurel and Hardy flick is &#8220;consistently funny&#8221;, &#8220;well-paced&#8221;, and full of &#8220;sight gags, slapstick, and witty verbal repartee&#8221;.  Along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1606\"><em>Sons of the Desert<\/em> (1933)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25654\"><em>Block-Heads<\/em> (1938)<\/a> (both also recommended by Peary), it is required Laurel and Hardy viewing for any film fanatic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hardy forcing a tearful Laurel to eat his hat<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Eating-Hat.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lynn tickling Hardy into giving her the will<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling-1024x757.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling-365x270.png 365w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Tickling.png 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Laurel and Hardy&#8217;s soft-shoe dance number<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Way-Out-West-Soft-Shoe-Dance.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This is  one of Laurel and Hardy&#8217;s best works, and not to be missed. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0029747\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatestfilms.org\/wayo.html\">Greatest Films Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1937\/05\/04\/archives\/the-screen-an-aside-on-the-humor-of-anatomy-prompted-by-the-new.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;ve given that deed to the wrong woman!&#8221; Synopsis: Laurel and Hardy head to Brushwood Gulch to deliver a gold mine deed to the daughter (Rosina Lawrence) of a dead prospector. Once there, however, they find themselves swindled by the girl&#8217;s bosses (Jimmy Finlayson and Sharon Lynn), and must do what they can to return the deed to its rightful owner. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Con-Artists Laurel &#038; Hardy Films Westerns Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1194\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68985,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions\/68985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}