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Advantages: it's 21 discs of Laurel and Hardy in one box!
Disadvantages: there are none.

...and to do it to Laurel and Hardy... ouch! I suppose these were done to satisfy the American TV market where so many ignorant viewers will not watch anything that isn't in colour... The whole feel of this set is wonderful. It looks good, it's been lovingly put together, and the quality of the DVD transfers is as good as you're ever going to get on 70-80 year old films. Is there anything I'd moan about... no way. This is a fitting tribute to the best ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: None

Laurel and Hardy - No. 18 - Married Life and Anita From 1927 to 1940 Laurel and Hardy made some fantastic short films at the Hal Roach Studios. Here is one of their DVD's This single disc contains: Blotto - Black and White short. Blotto - Computer enhanced Colour short. Be Big - Black And White short. Be Big - Computer enhanced Colour short. Laughing Gravy - Black And White short. They can also be watched with a Spanish translator ...
...film starts with Mrs Laurel playing bridge with Stan sitting in a smoking jacket puffing away on his long stemmed pipe. He is reading the 'Hebrew Times'? Who knows why? Stan is a house husband and is married to a very domineering wife. Ollie phones him and invites him out to a club; unknown to Stan his wife is listening in on another extension. Stan must now try to outwit his wife!, Escape from the house with a bottle of booze and then go on to ... Read review

Advantages: Classic comedy.
Disadvantages: The last Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal Roach Studio.

Each and every film Laurel and Hardy made (together) is a reason for their greatness. Each film, no matter how long or shot, displays a glimpse into their comedic talents as a double act. As Im sure many will know, the Laurel & Hardy films find Stan Laurel (the thin one) and Oliver Hardy (the larger of the pair) getting themselves into all sorts of trouble whilst portraying some superbly conceived, if not often far fetched, storylines. There is no ...
...going in the world of Laurel & Hardy, but certainly obscure enough to give it an edge over some of the others. There are some great scenes, that fall into the "classic" group. Ollie's obvious hate for his horn testing job at the factory is superbly acted and their double act is at its best. Plenty more classic moments onboard their boat with som great scenes of confused identity whilst the pair are still to discover thier stowaway. Put Stan and ... Read review

Advantages: A bit different...
Disadvantages: Just too dated now, but read the review for full.

...cannot profess to being a Laurel and Hardy fan – I do not have their DVD’s lined up along a shelf and I don’t have posters of their inane grinning faces on my walls. I don’t walk along the street with a loud hailer shouting, ‘This comic duo are blooming ace, do you know that?’ No, I don’t have or do any of that, so why am I writing a review of this, their last film together? Why indeed… Well, I purchased this in a shop for about 50p… that’s right, ...
...as ‘Way out west.’ Stan Laurel (the skinny one) was born in 1890 in England and died in 1965, Oliver Hardy (the fatter one) was born in 1892 in USA, but died earlier in 1957. They were geniuses of slapstick comedy and Hardy usually played the brains of the outfit, whereas Laurel was the dumber of the two. Directed by Leo Joannon, the plot to Utopia (1951) is simple enough. Stan Laurel inherits a wad of cash, an island and a boat from his dead uncle. ... Read review