Best movie ever!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Although it was made in thirties it's a great funny picture from the Fantastic Laurel and Hardy so famous in Brazil,one the best early comedies from the duo,mixing musical and comedy ours friends has to joint with the thieves to try to recover their stolen money,apart them another highlight is the beauty Thelma Todd in a sexy role,sadly years later he was found dead in most mysterious case of murder in Hollywood,unsolved by detectives and even closed and issued as suicide didn't has a proper conclusion for lack of proves,great lost to the cinema!!Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25

With those words to live by, Oliver Hardy convinces Stan Laurel that this might be just the profession for them in 18th century France. Unfortunately the second guy they decide to rob is the famous bandit, Fra Diavolo, the Devil's Brother played by Broadway star Dennis King in his second feature film role. And to top it all off, these two decide to impersonate Fra Diavolo while doing the robbery.King is justifiably angry about this and orders Stan to hang Ollie who he sizes up rather quickly as the brains of the outfit. But when Stan bungles the job in a most amusing manner, King decides these guys are worth having around for laughs.King's on quest, to rob nobleman James Finlayson of a fortune in jewels and then to woo the lovely Thelma Todd. At that point the action of the film and for that matter the operetta it's based on takes place in an inn where all the principals are staying. These also include Arthur Pierson as the earnest, but rather dull young French officer who wants to capture the notorious Fra Diavolo and Lucille Browne, the barmaid who loves the lug.Stan and Ollie give King cause to regret his choice of confederates on this job before the film is over. Let's just say the rotund Mr. Hardy is not built for swashbuckling and my favorite moment is seeing Ollie swinging from the balcony like the man on the flying trapeze. Best moment for Stan is him getting drunk in the wine cellar. There's a whole lot more.The Devil's Brother was their second film where they have supporting roles in a classic operetta. The first was The Rogue Song where they support Lawrence Tibbett which has unfortunately been lost. Dennis King who primarily concentrated on the stage in his career delivers a far better screen performance in this than he did when he repeated his Broadway role of Francois Villon in The Vagabond King. Dennis King had a strong voice, it's a pity he did not do more musical films.In the end their escape has to be seen to be believed. Let's just say that one of Stan's earlier gags came back to haunt the forces of law and order.The Devil's Brother is Stan and Ollie at their finest with Hal Roach, don't miss it if you are fan of their's.

I confess that I am hardly an afficionado of Laurel and Hardy, having seen very little of their work, but from what little I had seen of them, I somehow expected this movie to be funnier than it was. Instead, it was a reasonably well thought out story about a thief in 18th century Italy who is trying to steal the money of a wealthy count, and who enlists the help of Stan and Ollie, much to his chagrin in the end.There's not as much of the slapstick as I would have expected in a Laurel and Hardy movie, which to me was a disappointment. It's what I would want to see when I watch "the boys." There are some mildly amusing moments (Stan's games of "kneesy, earsy, nosey" and "fingers wiggling" come to mind - and they're very difficult to do!) and Stan puts on a good acting job when it comes to being drunk, but somehow it just didn't work for me. It isn't bad. It has some good supporting performances from Dennis King as Diavolo and Thelma Todd as lady Pamela. It's a pleasant diversion and it will give you a few chuckles. It just isn't what I had hoped it might be.4/10

"The Devil's brother" is not an accurate translation of "Fra Diavolo." "Fra" in this sense was for "frater" not "fratello". Frater, of course, being a title for a religious who was not a priest. It was a common practice to address such a person as "Fra Giovanni" (brother John). Because of the bloodthirstiness of the actual person, Azzolino da Romano,(who was mentioned in Dante's "Inferno"- XII), he was nicknamed "Brother Devil"; in particular for his massacre of the citizens of Padua.