husband (Billy Gilbert) arrives and when he sees his wife there, he chases Stan and Ollie down the stairs, firing a shotgun. A large number of men jump out of windows. Cast Production The film was announced as being the last Laurel & Hardy film and it was the last Hal Roach production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Block-Heads was the last film directed by John G. Blystone who died shortly afterwards. The original ending in the script had Billy Gilbert seated comfortably in his study, with Stan and Ollie's heads mounted on his trophy wall (Ollie glances at Stan and says, "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"). Hal Roach vetoed the idea as "too gruesome", but writer Felix Adler later used the gag at the end of The Three Stooges' 1941 short I'll Never Heil Again. The battle scenes at the beginning of the film are recycled footage shot for the 1925 silent film The Big Parade by King Vidor. References Notes Bibliography Everson, William K. The Complete Films of Laurel and Hardy. New York: Citadel, 2000, (first edition 1967). . Louvish, Simon. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy. London: Faber & Faber, 2001. . McCabe, John. Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy. London: Robson Books Ltd., 2004. . McCabe, John with Al Kilgore and Richard W. Bann. Laurel & Hardy. New York: Bonanza Books, 1983, first edition 1975, E.P. Dutton. . McGarry, Annie. Laurel & Hardy. London: Bison Group, 1992. . External links 1938 films 1930s war comedy films American war comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by John G. Blystone Laurel and Hardy (film series) Western Front (World War I) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films with screenplays by Charley Rogers Films with screenplays by Harry Langdon Films with screenplays by Felix Adler (screenwriter) 1938 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films