Smithy
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds employment at a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amoungst other workers. The...
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"One of the tragedies of the first World War -- the bloodiest war in history, up till that time -- was that thousands of the men who'd survived through the Armistice came home to discover that their civilian jobs were no longer open, and other jobs were not easy to find. 'Smithy' is a comedy -- a fairly lowbrow one, at that -- yet it touches upon that real and tragic situation. There's a dialogue exchange here which was probably meant as comedy, yet which I found genuinely poignant. When former doughboy Smithy (Stan Laurel) applies for work on a construction crew, the forema..."
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After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds employment at a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amoungst other workers. The...