JB: Gangsters! Fighting the War! Funny Costumes! Inventions! This film has it all!      When I was a little boy, I loved this movie. I still have a fondness in my heart for THE DANCING MASTERS. For a while, I though that this and BABES IN TOYLAND were the only films Laurel and Hardy ever made. So I'm not going to be too harsh --- I'll just go through some highlights and lowlights: Bob Bailey returns in a much less interesting part than he had in JITTERBUGS.  Stan and Ollie are too old to be dressing up in funny clothes.  "Have an accident?" "No thanks I just had one" is one of the boffo laughs to be found here.  The "Funny Invention" this time is an invisible ray that is clearly visible.  Stan tells a "I knew a fella once" story that is kind of funny.  Stan impersonates a foriegn inventor, complete with made up language, and is actually amusing in this guise (funny how the Fox writers could never give Stan anything funny to do as "Stan", though.)  Margaret Dumont, having made her final appearance with The Marx Brothers in 1941's THE BIG STORE, is a cast member. Nothing much memorable happens, but it is always nice to see "Mrs. Rittenhouse" under any circumstances.  Robert Mitchum pops up as a gangster, and then pops back down again, never to be seen again.  Ten minutes of this film is a remake of the auction from Thicker Than Water, but without most of the gags that made that scene a howl.  Don't tell anyone, but that runaway bus at the end is really just a toy. That's about all you need to know about THE DANCING MASTERS.