Born in the 1900's, the haunting and timeless comic antics of one of the greatest comedy ... more
film duos in history makes film fans laugh aloud more than fifty years after their last on-screen pairing.Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Norvell Hardy both sp...
Unquestionably one of the most-famous and longest-running comedy teams in movie history, ... more
Laurel and Hardy achieved great success after they teamed up in 1926. What is less known is that before they were partnered, both Stanley Laurel and Oliver Babe Hardy were both experienced movie comics.Join host Rob Stone, co-author of Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Babe Hardy for a festival of films made by Stan and Ollie before they teamed up.Included in this five-disc collection are some of the funniest films of the Boys, honing the skills that would later make them perhaps the greatest movie comedy team of all time. Many of these films have never before been available on DVD!Stan Laurel and 'Babe' Hardy Starting Out:Early films, such as Oliver Hardy with Chaplin-imitator Billy West in The Hobo and The Rogue and with Charley Chase in Her Near Sighted Father. Stan Laurel in Mixed Nuts, Just Rambling Along, White Wings and Frauds and Frenzies.Oliver Hardy: The Larry Semon Years:Oliver Hardy joins Larry Semon in The Bellboy, The Sawmill, The Bakery, Golf, Her Boyfriend and Kid Speed.Stan Laurel Solo:Stan Laurel stars in Mud and Sand, Smithy, The Soilers, Pick And Shovel, West Of Hot Dog, and Kill Or Cure.Oliver Hardy Supporting Roles:Oliver Hardy joins Bobby Ray in Hop To It, Bellhop and Stick Around, Clyde Cook in Should Sailors Marry? and Charley Chase in Isn't Life Terrible? Long Fliv the King and Crazy Like A Fox.Laurel and Hardy Just Prior To Teaming:More shorts with Laurel OR Hardy, including The Sleuth, Thundering Fleas, Crazy to Act, Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride, Wandering Papas, Forty-five Minutes From Hollywood and Chasing The Chaser.
SMITHY: Discharged from the army, Smithy (Stan Laurel) finds work helping to build a ... more
house. A wrongly delivered letter instructs him to complete the construction, but it ends up more like destruction.THUNDERING FLEAS: Starring Our Gang, the team get invited to the wedding of Martha Sleeper and take along their flea collection which somehow escapes during the course of the day.STOLEN JOOLS: Featuring an all-star cast who are attending a Hollywood party when Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen, with Stan and Ollie just two of the many policemen assigned to solve the case.HOME MOVIES: Stan was an avid fan of 'home movies', shooting them on 16mm film. This somewhat historic footage features both Stan and Ollie and Stan's daughter playing in the back garden together with shots of other stars on the Hal Roach lot.THE TREE IN A TEST TUBE: A short film in aid of the war effort, Stan and Ollie show the many uses of wood in the only known colour footage of the pair.
Hustling For Health (1919): Stan's holiday plans go awry when he misses his train and ... more
accepts an invitation to stay with a complete stranger.The Paper Hanger's Helper (1920): The paper hanger (Oliver Hardy) and his assistant answer an urgent call from a mental hospital.A Lucky Dog (1921): The very first pairing of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on screen, with Oliver playing a crook who tries to rob Stan.The Soilers (1923): A parody of The Spoilers (a major hit the same year) but with the emphasis on the fight scene.Roughest Africa (1923): African explorers Professor Stanilaus Laurello and Hans Downe travel around Africa, from Hollywood to Los Angeles, trying to capture and photograph animals.
Fluttering Hearts:A young woman races off to a store sale, pursued by a motorcycle ... more
policeman. Oliver Hardy stars as Big Bill, a man who can make or break her father.Crazy To Act:Film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry the female star of his latest production, whilst she is in love with her co-star.Enough To Do:The bridge constructors' chef not only has to cook the meal, he has to collect the food as well. Starring Oliver Hardy, this was directed by Stan Laurel.Along Came Auntie:A divorced woman is in line to collect $100,000 from her aunt, but only if she can convince her that she is still married to her first husband.Bromo And Juliet:Charley Chase stages a play as a fundraiser but has to keep an eye on his drunken father. When cab driver Oliver Hardy tries to collect his fare, the Bard's tragedy becomes a comedy.On The Front Page:After being beaten to a scandal story involving a countess, James W Hornby assigns his son to uncover a second, even more scandalous story.This Is Your Life:Originally broadcast on 1st December 1954, this long lost television programme showcases the lives of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Production Year: 1956 - Comedy - Director: Joshua Logan - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Betty Field, Hope Lange, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Casey Adams, Hans Conried, Robert Bray
Production Year: 1947 - Comedy - Director: Henry Koster - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Regis Toomey, Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Advantages: Much better quality than VHS Disadvantages: Absolutely none
For all of my life I have been a laurel and hardy fan. I was an advocate of the "old fashioned" vhs videos and had a great collection of all of the boys films, which I treasured, but was reluctant to play in case they got damaged. This new dvd boxset has been a godsend, in being concise, hard wearing, and excellent quality, so much so in I have even started given film shows, and lending the films out, to my sons to get them into carrying on the tradition of loving these great comedy genuises. There is even a range of colourised films included, which to a die hard B+W film lover was a shocking concept, but I must admit it was great to see the boys in the digitised colour versions of all of their classic films. My advice to all the L+H fans out there is to grab a boxset while they are available and give yourselves a treat. ...
Advantages: Funny, clean humour that stands the test of time. Disadvantages: Absolutely none!
logo and a pic of the happy two on the top & sides. Opening the box you are presented with a row of real DVD disc boxes, not the usual cardboard or pocket type rubbish. Each disc spine has the part of a picture that makes up the duo's bowler hats when stacked together. The discs are numbered 1-21 with the last one having a title "A special tribute to the boys" along with other comedy shorts.
Please note that the movies contained in this box set are from the Hal Roach studios and don't contain any movie they did with any other film company. Just as well because the Hal Roach years are the way we want to remember Laurel & Hardy. Material with the other companies were all just copycat sketches which although still marginally funny, were not productive.
Stan laurel was the brains behind the two and wrote much of the gags and had his own ...
Advantages: Superb value for money Disadvantages: Nothing
Laurel and Hardy - Crime and Punishment Collection.
A themed collection containing 4 DVDs and centring around Laurel and Hardy movies involving the Law, Crime etc?.
In total 23 films spread over the 4 DVDs.
The Boys:
Stan Laurel (June 16 1890 ? February 23 1965).
Real name Arthur Stanley Jefferson.
Stan was born in Lancashire but toured with Charlie Chaplin and hence on one tour ended up in America. He had ?Arrived?
Oliver Hardy (January 18 1892 ? August 7 1957).
Real name Norvell Hardy.
Ollie was born in Harlem, Georgia and his mother was apparently responsible for him going into theatre. Right from early childhood Ollie had a beautiful singing voice.
Soon the two would meet.
They first appeared together in a silent movie called ?Slipping Wives? in 1927.
The rest ...
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