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{{Infobox Movie | {{Infobox Movie | ||
|name = The Flying Deuces | |name=''The Flying Deuces'' | ||
|picture = TheFlyingDeuces.jpg | |picture=TheFlyingDeuces.jpg | ||
|caption = ''Movie Poster'' | |caption=''Movie Poster'' | ||
|country = | |country=[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | ||
[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | |director=A. Edward Sutherland | ||
|date=November 3, 1939 | |||
|director = A. Edward Sutherland | |language=English | ||
|date= November 3, 1939 | |studio=Boris Morros Productions | ||
|language = English | |distributor=RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| | |||
|distributor = RKO Radio Pictures | |||
|character1=Stan | |character1=Stan | ||
|actor1=[[Stan Laurel]] | |||
|character2=Ollie | |character2=Ollie | ||
|actor2=[[Oliver Hardy]] | |||
|character3=Georgette | |character3=Georgette | ||
|actor3=Jean Parker | |||
|character4=Francois | |character4=Francois | ||
|actor4=Reginald Gardiner | |||
|actor4= | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Flying Deuces''''' is a 1939 comedy movie directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Stan and Ollie are on vacation in Paris. | '''''The Flying Deuces''''' is a 1939 comedy movie directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Stan and Ollie are on vacation in Paris. Ollie falls in love with Georgette, the hotelier's pretty daughter. When he proposes to her, he discovers she is married to the officer Francois. Out of disappointment and frustration, Ollie wants to drown himself in the Seine. He sees it as Stan's duty as a friend to drown himself with him. Then an officer appears, Georgette's fiancé Francois, unbeknownst to Ollie, and suggests that Ollie join the Foreign Legion so that he can forget his grief. | ||
{{Film Title | {{Film Title}} | ||
__TOC__<br clear=all> | __TOC__<br clear=all> | ||
== | =Rifles= | ||
==Lebel Mle 1886== | ==Berthier Mle. 1907/15== | ||
French Foreign Legionaries including Stan ([[Stan Laurel]]) and Ollie ([[Oliver Hardy]]) are mainly armed with the [[Berthier Mle. 1907/15]] rifle. | |||
[[File:Fusil_Mle_1907-15.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Fusil Berthier Modèle 1907/15 - 8x50mmR Lebel]] | |||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Berthier1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Stan carries his Berthier rifle.]] | |||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Berthier2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|''Pardon, monsieur.''<br>Ollie shoulders his rifle during the disorder of the appeal. The ejecting hole of one Berthier is seen on the left held by a legionnaire.]] | |||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Berthier3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The duo encounters Francois.]] | |||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Berthier4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The hangar guard's rifle is equipped with a ''Rosalie'' bayonet.]] | |||
==Lebel Mle. 1886== | |||
Some [[Lebel 1886]] rifles are also used by the Legionaries. | Some [[Lebel 1886]] rifles are also used by the Legionaries. | ||
[[File:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lebel Modèle 1886 - | [[File:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Fusil Lebel Modèle 1886 - 8x50mmR Lebel]] | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel1.jpg|thumb|none|500px| | [[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Lebel is shouldered by one legionnaire on the left.]] | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The first row of legionnaires have Lebel rifles.]] | |||
=Trivia= | |||
==Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holster== | ==Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holster== | ||
Francois ([[Reginald Gardiner]]) and other French officers carry Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holsters. There is no way to tell if the [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]s are inside. | Francois ([[Reginald Gardiner]]) and other French officers carry Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holsters. There is no way to tell if the [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]s are inside. | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Francois | [[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Francois gets his holster in position...]] | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|... and unclips it.]] | |||
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The Flying Deuces is a 1939 comedy movie directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Stan and Ollie are on vacation in Paris. Ollie falls in love with Georgette, the hotelier's pretty daughter. When he proposes to her, he discovers she is married to the officer Francois. Out of disappointment and frustration, Ollie wants to drown himself in the Seine. He sees it as Stan's duty as a friend to drown himself with him. Then an officer appears, Georgette's fiancé Francois, unbeknownst to Ollie, and suggests that Ollie join the Foreign Legion so that he can forget his grief.
The following weapons were used in the film The Flying Deuces:
Rifles
Berthier Mle. 1907/15
French Foreign Legionaries including Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) are mainly armed with the Berthier Mle. 1907/15 rifle.
Ollie shoulders his rifle during the disorder of the appeal. The ejecting hole of one Berthier is seen on the left held by a legionnaire.
Lebel Mle. 1886
Some Lebel 1886 rifles are also used by the Legionaries.
Trivia
Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holster
Francois (Reginald Gardiner) and other French officers carry Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holsters. There is no way to tell if the Mle 1892 Revolvers are inside.
