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Laurel and Hardy - Brandy from a St Bernard

Advantages: Timeless Humour.
Disadvantages: None

Swiss Miss. Starring: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. This single disc contains: Swiss Miss - Black And White short. Swiss Miss - Computer enhanced Colour short. The Chimp - Black And White short. The Chimp - Computer enhanced Colour short. Flying Elephants - Black And White SILENT short. Also contains a booklet, detailing interesting facts about filming, locations etc in respect to each short film. Swiss Miss ~~~~~~ This is the main ...
...'compose', of course, but his beautiful wife is distracting him. So he keeps avoiding her. Stan and Ollie come to sell mouse traps and Ollie ends up falling in love with her but with the usual hilarious and farcical results. This has the MEMORABLE scene where Stan tries to outwit a St Bernard and get a drink of its brandy from around its neck. In another scene the pair are trying to carry a piano over a rickety rope bridge while being harassed ...

Maximus-Qualitus 29.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Laurel And Hardy - No. 17 - Swiss Miss And Animal Shorts (DVD)

50% FUNNY

Advantages: ok
Disadvantages: only 50% funny

Will Hay - Old Bones of the River. **************************** This film stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. Introduction: ************** The wonderful teaming of Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt to give a funny film set in Africa. Synopsis: *********** Will arrives in Africa to teach the natives but on the boat he gets tricked into taking liquor still through customs for the brother of a local tribal chief. The ...
...military governor becomes ill so Will takes charge. Will then sets out to collect the taxes but causes the tribes to revolt. Finally Marriott and Moffatt enter the movie. They run a boat and take Will up river. Will more by luck than skill quells the revolt and becomes the hero of the hour. Opinions: *********** Takes a while to get going but once the trio meet up the film really takes off. The jokes come thick and fast, with some wonderful ...

Maximus-Qualitus 30.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Will Hay - Old Bones Of The River / Where There's A Will (DVD)

Is the War over?

Advantages: Still Very Funny
Disadvantages: None

Laurel & Hardy Volume 7 - Block Heads/Related Shorts ************************************************************ The magnificent Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this wonderfully funny DVD. So let me take you on a tour of these 4 great films. This single DVD contains the following films: BLOCKHEADS - restored black-and-white version BLOCKHEADS - computer-colour version UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE - black-and-white version UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE ...
...black-and-white version SHOULD MARRIED MEN GO HOME? - restored black-and-white version A small Synopsis of each movie and my humble opinions on each to follow: Block-Heads. *************** The war is over but no ones told Stan! He accidentally shoots down a passing French plane and it makes the papers where Ollie spots his old friend. Ollies mistakenly thinks that Stan has lost his leg and so takes him home to meet the wife. Yes you can guess ...

Maximus-Qualitus 17.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Laurel And Hardy - No. 7 - Block Heads And Related Shorts (DVD)

Hey Hey No! No!

Advantages: eeerrrr................
Disadvantages: A disappointingly poor film.

Will Hay - Hey! Hey! USA. ****************************** Introduction: ************** A lone outing for Will this time with no Moore Marriott and graham Moffatt. This is Will Hays second movie as the hopeless Dr Benjamin Twist. He would also use the character in Good Morning Boys and Convict 99. Not to be confused with another character he played called Dr Smart Alec. Synopsis: *********** Will is a ships porter who ends up being drugged ...
...he is far at sea. Will joins up with another stowaway And finally jumps ship in the USA. He gets a job as a tutor, whilst his stowaway companion becomes a kidnapper and ends up kidnapping the very child Will is tutoring. It ends with a farcical quickness that is disappointing. Opinions: *********** A poor will Hay film this one as it lacks the subtle humour and wonderful gentle slapstick of his usual comedies. When Will was along side his ...

Maximus-Qualitus 12.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Will Hay - Hey! Hey! USA! (DVD)

Old Bones of the River

Advantages: Still Funny.
Disadvantages: Not PC

Will Hay - Old Bones of the River. ************************************ This film stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. All 3 together, making this a cracking film. Introduction: ************** The wonderful teaming of Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt to give a funny film set in Africa. Synopsis: *********** Will arrives in Africa to teach the natives but on the boat he gets tricked into taking a liquor still through ...
...military governor becomes ill so Will takes charge. Will then sets out to collect the taxes but causes the tribes to revolt. Finally Marriott and Moffatt enter the movie. They run a boat and take Will up river. Will more by luck than skill quells the revolt and becomes the hero of the hour. Opinions: *********** Takes a while to get going but once the trio meet up the film really takes off. The jokes come thick and fast, with some wonderful ...

Maximus-Qualitus 29.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Will Hay - Old Bones Of The River (DVD)