The combination of choleric, combustible Oliver Hardy and mild, perpetually helpful Stan Laurel sustained dozens upon dozens of comedies, including the popular Way Out West. What makes this hour-long feature stand out is not just the physical hijinks (of which there are plenty), but the moments of surprising elegance, like a supple soft-shoe duet accompanied by what can only be called cowboy doo-wop. The plot concerns keeping the deed to a gold mine out of the hands of a greedy saloonkeeper (frequent comic foil James Finlayson), but it's just a pretext for gleeful slapstick orchestrations. Laurel & Hardy II also includes the underrated Block-Heads, another hour-long feature which starts out in the trenches of World War I and ends in a 13th floor apartment in New York;... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Stan Laurel - Oliver Hardy Director(s): James W. Horne DVD Release Date: Released the 15 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The great Stan Laurel was 37 years old when he definitively teamed up with Oliver Hardy in 1927. So what had he done up till then? The Stan Laurel Collection valuably fills in a gap, with 17 comedy shorts Laurel made for producer Hal Roach between 1923 and 1925. Laurel was already a veteran vaudevillian, with many previous stabs at film work, when he embarked on this series for Roach. The comic personality on display will not be instantly familiar to Laurel and Hardy fans. In a frantic piece like Oranges and Lemons, Laurel is much closer to the acrobatic mischief of Chaplin than to the slow-burning simpleton he perfected opposite Hardy. Laurel was a busy gag-writer and worked on story and direction as well, and it says something about his imagination that these shorts range... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Stan Laurel Director(s): Harry Sweet - Joe Rock DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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This is one of those films that you will enjoy seeing as a child, but will understand better as an adult.
The airplane and soldier gags are quite hilarious. But there are interesting moments of pathos. For some reason, I was always touched by the scene where Hardy tells Laurel that without him, "People will wonder what you are" and Laurel begins to cry. The finale with Ollie as a reincarnated horse also strikes a note of whimsy, as well as Stan's dancing to Ollie's cheerful rendition to "Shine On Harvest Moon."
The Three Stooges give us belly laughs, but Laurel and Hardy have a more human quality that makes us smile. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Stan Laurel - Oliver Hardy Director(s): A. Edward Sutherland DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Not a very good collection of "Laurel & Hardy" episodes at all. Most of the episodes contain their solo "silent era" work, which really isn't as good as their work together. The video has not been cleaned up at all either, so viewing many of them can be a chore. Unless you can't find "Utopia" and "Flying Deuces" elsewhere for a cheaper price, I cannot recommend this collection at all. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Stan Laurel DVD Release Date: Released the 02 March 2004 Special Order
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What a great DVD package! Platinum's 2-disc "Laurel & Hardy-TV Classics" edition is a great tribute to present some of the earlier solo works of one of the most beloved and greatest comedy teams in film history!! Disc one in the collection contain the following shorts SAW MILL,KID SPEED,ENOUGH TO DO,WEST OF THE HOT DOG,ORANGES AND LEMONS,TREE IN A TEST TUBE (an educational short made by the U.S. Forest Service Dept. and their only film appearance in color!),and their first onscreen appearance together,LUCKY DOG.Plus,you'll also get their last feature film UTOPIA (which for some strange reason has Hal Roach credits since this film was made outside the U.S.).Disc two features the 'other' L & H public domain feature FLYING DEUCES and the following shorts PAPER HANGERS HELPER,YES NANETTE,HOP... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Stan Laurel DVD Release Date: Released the 06 January 2004 Special Order
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