Laurel And Hardy - No. 14 - A Job To Do - Classic Shorts (DVD)

Laurel & Hardy Volume 14 - A Job to Do/Classic Shorts
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~Introduction~
The magnificent Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this wonderfully funny DVD.
So let me take you on a tour of these 6 films.

This single DVD contains the following films:

Busy Bodies - restored black-and-white version
Busy Bodies - computer-colour version
...The plot is a typical Laurel and Hardy farce with them at their best.
Their brand of slapstick comedy will never fade.
A real snap shot of the late twenties and thirties
Made in 1933 when the boys where at their very best.
Run Time 18 Minutes.
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THE FINISHING TOUCH
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The boys try to build a house ... more

Laurel & Hardy Volume 14 - A Job to Do/Classic Shorts
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~Introduction~
The magnificent Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this wonderfully funny DVD.
So let me take you on a tour of these 6 films.

This single DVD contains the following films:

Busy Bodies - restored black-and-white version
Busy Bodies - computer-colour version
Double Whoopee - black-and-white version
Double Whoopee - computer-colour version
Hog Wild - restored black-and-white version
Hog Wild - computer-colour version
Dirty Work - restored black-and-white version
Dirty Work - computer-colour version
The Finishing Touch - restored black-and-white version
The Finishing Touch - computer-colour version
The Music Box - restored black-and-white version
The Music Box - computer-colour version

A small Synopsis of each movie and my humble opinions on each to follow:

BUSY BODIES
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I clearly remembered this film from the TV when I was a kid (a repeat even then I hasten to add). The boys are carpenters, loosely speaking, and they are hard at work in the woodshop really doing nothing, but causing chaos.
This involves puncturing water pipes, getting stuck with lots of glue, heads getting jammed in windows, hitting each other with seemingly lethal tools and best of all cutting their car clean in half on a huge buzz saw!

Opinion
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This short really is a laugh a second, possibly one of their best shorts.
Made in 1939.
Run Time 18 Minutes.
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DOUBLE WHOOPEE
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1929
The boys arrive at swanky hotel for jobs as footman and doorman but get mistaken for a prince and his prime minister, after many gags and slip ups the error is realised and the boys are put to work in their proper places.
Things don't get any better and the harassed guests are run ragged by the dopey duo.
Including people falling down elevator shafts, being trapped in doors etc….

Opinion
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They moved on to bigger and better things once sound came in.
Made in 1939.
Run Time 20 Minutes.
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HOG WILD
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Mrs Hardy wants an aerial mounted on the roof and so Ollie enlists the help of Stan!
He was mad.
They end up falling off the roof several times, smash the chimney to bits and finally Stan driving Ollie's car around the streets whilst Ollies is still atop the very ladder he was using to climb on the roof with.

Opinion
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This is another simply brilliant short film with little speaking but plenty of comedic action.
Made in 1930.
Run Time 19 Minutes
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Dirty Work
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A mad scientist, professor Noodle, is working on a rejuvenation potion that can make you 30 years younger from just 1 drop.
Enter Stan and Ollie's as chimney sweeps and all sorts of chaos ensues. Ollies goes onto the roof in order to stay as far away as possible from Stan. This is the worst and most dangerous place he could be!
With Stan shoving poles up the chimney Ollie soon ends up off the roof on several occasions.
Ollie eventually crashes down through the chimney ending up in the fire place.
The living room, the lads and the sarcastic butler, Jessup, get covered in soot so the butler heads off to take a bath.
In his absence the mad scientist calls on Stan and Ollie to help him
Ollie falls in the rejuvenation bath and ends up changing into a chimp!

Opinion
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The plot is a typical Laurel and Hardy farce with them at their best.
Their brand of slapstick comedy will never fade.
A real snap shot of the late twenties and thirties
Made in 1933 when the boys where at their very best.
Run Time 18 Minutes.
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THE FINISHING TOUCH
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The boys try to build a house and accomplish it! In one day!!
But whilst standing back and admiring it a bird lands on the chimney at bit by bit the house collapses.
They all get embroiled in a huge fight and then the neighbours get drawn in, all mayhem ensues.

Opinion
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The plot is a typical Laurel and Hardy farce but not one of their best.
Made in 1928.
Run Time 19 Minutes.
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THE MUSIC BOX
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WELL THIS IS THE ONE EVRYONE MUST REMEMBER.
MOVING THE PIANO UP THOSE HUNDREDS OF STAIRS!

The boys have been contracted as moves, more like destruction specialists.

The scene of them taking great pains with that piano is iconic and after all their efforts they still deliver it to the wrong house!
Opinion
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This won the Oscar as "Best Short Subject" of 1932

This is the best Laurel and Hardy short of them all; the DVD is worth it just for his one movie.
Made in 1932.
Run Time 29 Minutes.
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T he colourised version are a real treat and superb to watch.

DVD Features
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Format: Black & White, Colour, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital Mono
Hearing Impaired: English
Stills Gallery
Run Time: 208 minutes
ASIN: B0001K2KBQ

Greg. 

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