Year: 1931
Runtime: 28 mins
Language: English
Director: James W. Horne
Stan and Ollie head to Atlantic City with their wives when Ollie learns a lodge friend is throwing a stag party for them that night. He pretends ill, sends the wives ahead and promises a morning reunion. Dressed in lodge gear, they find the wives missed the train, with no escape. Hide in a bed; when Stan asks, “What’ll I do?” Ollie answers, “Be big!”
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