Stan and Ollie are on holiday in Paris when Ollie falls in love with the beautiful daughter of an innkeeper. On discovering she is already married Ollie decides that the only way to get over the disappointment is to join the Foreign Legion - dragging poor old Stan along for company. The boys wreak havoc at the training camp and are arrested for desertion before escaping in a stolen airplane where they take a ride they will never forget! The Flying Deuces is unique as it was made in 1939 as an independent picture unlike most Laurel & Hardy movies that were made under the guidance of Hal Roach. It is classic laugh a minute entertainment and is renowned by fans the world over as being one of their finest pieces.
Ollie is heartbroken when he discovers that Georgette, the beautiful daughter of a Parisian innkeeper, is already married to a dashing officer in the French Foreign Legion. In order to forget her, Ollie and Stan join the Legion but army life isn’t for them and their bumbling antics land them in very hot water, right up to their necks. These two Hollywood legends are about to realise getting out of the Legion is a lot harder than getting in.
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are lodging at Mother Widow Peep's house and resolve to help her clear her mortgage with Silas Barnaby. When they find they have insufficient saved up they decide to borrow the rest against their wages from the Toymaker. Unfortunately Stannie has mixed up an order for Santa Claus building him 100 six foot tall soldiers instead of 600 one foot tall soldiers which leads to their dismissal. They are then banished from Toyland to Bogeyland on trumped up burglary charges which are eventually dropped on the proviso that Little Bo Peep agrees to marry Silas Barnaby. Stannie dresses up as the bride and tricks Silas Barnaby long enough for the mortgage deed to be handed over but an enraged Barnaby frames Tom Tom (Little Bo Peep's true love) for pignapping and gets him banished to Bogeyland. Barnaby eventually leads the Bogeymen of Bogeyland on an invasion of Toyland with only Stannie and Ollie and their hundred soldiers standing in their way.
Ravage: Can one man's vengeance-driven soul survive? Criminal psychologist Gregory Burroughs is trying to catch serial killer 'Hannibal Lecterish' the man responsible for the death of his daughters and the murder of several policemen. Greg follows a trail of carnage and destruction to a violent underworld and becomes entangled in a web of brutality surrounded by an army of cold-blooded assassins. The resulting explosion of action and violence propels Gregory to the ultimate chance to attain the vengeance he so desires... (Dir. Ronnie Sortor 1997) The Bride Of Frank: Frank O' Brien formerly homeless now has a warehouse job in the outskirts of New Jersey. He may be getting old and a little rough round the edges but he's finally got a home. Now he's lonely. Things are looking up for him when a colleague places an ad in the personals on Frank's behalf. He goes on a handful of dates but the women are judgemental and obnoxious so Frank - naturally - kills them in various ways -some too horrible to imagine! Ways that you simply won't believe. Escalpo Don Bald's (Steve Ballot) notorious underground horror/comedy features disturbing scenes of violence and cruelty and is not for those who are easily offended! (Dir. Steve Ballot 1996) Ozone: A horrifying new drug is released on the streets going by the name of Ozone. Its chilling side-effects are numerous perhaps the worst being its ability to mutate addicts into hideous rotting monsters. One cop makes it his mission to battles through a hoard of horrors to get to the drug kingpin behind the mutating madness! (Dir. J.R. Bookwater 1993)
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy formed the most popular and longest running comedy team of all time but long before they teamed up both were successful movie comedians in the own right. This collection features them on their own in comedy classics as well as teamed together. Oliver Hardy frequently played 'heavies' in support of bigger comedy stars such as Charley Chase Larry Semon Chaplin imitator Billie West and Glenn Tyron but he also starred in his own films long before he had even met Stan Laurel. Stan Laurel came to America with Fred Karno's comedy troupe along with Charlie Chaplin and like Chaplin stayed on to venture into movie comedies. He spent much of the 'Teens and the 1920s in search of a successful comedy formula.
Stan and Ollie are the unlikely inheritors of a yacht and a small island. They set sail for their new home accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. After violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island, they decide to create their own republic - Utopia. All goes well until uranium is discovered and the island is bombarded with money-hungry adventurers.
After falling victim to a highway robbery Stanlio and Ollio decide to pose as outlaws themselves with Ollio pretending to be the most feared bandit in the land Fra Diavolo. Unfortunately he happens to be the boys first intended victim and easily outwits them and tells Stanlio to hang Ollio as punishment. He eventually relents and takes the pair on as servants and takes them with him to the Tavern de Cucu where posing as the Marquis de San Marco he woos Lord Rocburg's beautiful daughter Lady Pamela. Whilst Fra Diavolo plans to rob Lord Rocburg the boys have their own plan to hand the bandit over to the authorities and claim a reward but their usual incompetence sees them standing alongside him facing a firing squad.
Stan and Ollie are on holiday in Paris where Ollie falls in love with the innkeeper's daughter Georgette. When she rejects Ollie's advances Ollie decides he and Stan must end it all by jumping into the River Seine. They are talked out of it by a passing French Foreign Legion officer (who unbeknown to the boys is actually Georgette's husband) and persuaded to enlist into the Legion in order to forget. The harsh region coupled with the fact they get lumbered with most of the rotten jobs enables Ollie to forget Georgette quicker than he anticipated so the boys decide they should leave the Legion and head back home to Des Moines. This leads to them being charged with desertion and sentenced to death but fate and a hidden tunnel are on hand to save the day. Well almost! The first Laurel & Hardy feature film produced away from the Hal Roach studios the boys were loaned to RKO and directior A Edward Sutherland for this outing. Sutherland and Stan Laurel reportedly clashed but there are many instances where they obviously worked well together - the marching on parade and Stan playing the bed strings are vintage Laurel & Hardy.
You do not have to be a film buff to enjoy this second edition of 18 of the rarest short films of the pioneer days of cinema Featured Films: Those awful hats The mystery of the leaping fish Chasing the monkey For her mothers day Kiki the japanese acrobat La Marseillaise Weekend Clo-cloche Play safe Stolen kisses Paris fashion Black and tan Campaign against alcholism Dr Pyckle and Mr Pryde Porky's preview The flight around the world episode 2
Stan and Ollie inherit a yacht along with a small island. They set sail accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. A violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island. Together they decide to create their own republic. All goes well until uranium is discovered... and the island is bombarded with money-hungry adventures.
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In this, their last film together, Stan and Ollie fly to London for the reading of a Stan's late uncle's will. After all Stan's uncle's cash is used to pay the solicitors, death duties and tax the only thing left are a yacht and South Sea Island! At the docks they take receipt if their yacht and also a displaced seaman and a stowaway. Together the four set sail but are shipwrecked on an atoll during a storm. There they meet singer Cherie L'amour who is escaping her fiancee. When he turns up unexpectedly to chart the atoll he discovers it to be rich in uranium and soon the superpowers want it. Meanwhile the five occupants form their own government and vote Oliver the Governor! Can he save their island?
Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion to escape unrequited love.
Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion so that Ollie can forget an unhappy romance. As luck would have it they become involved in attempting to smooth out the messy love affair between an officer and his fianc''e. After being in the Legion for as long as they can take it they want their normal lives back. Ollie insists on their release just as they realise they're going to be shot at sunrise for their rebelliousness. The pair attempt an escape via aeroplane. Lots of laughs nostalgia and action-packed stunts take place including a dance routine to 'Shine on Harvest Moon'.
One Too Many: When his uncle arrives for a visit, Plump (Oliver Hardy) has to find a wife and baby in a hurry. With the help of his friend, Runt, soon there are wives and babies everywhere. Hustling For Health: Stan Laurel enjoys a not-so-relaxing vacation when he misses his train.The Lucky Dog: In their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour.
The Flying Deuces: Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette the innkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her he joins the Legion taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. Their only hope is escape in a stolen airplane - one problem - they can't fly a plane! Utopia: Stan and Ollie inherit a fortune includin
Laurel and Hardy star as a pair of fishmongers from Des Moines Iowa who join the Foreign Legion while on a visit to Paris. Within a few days they are in uniform and on laundry detail at an outpost in Morocco and soon find that the tough Commander and Legion life does not suit them. They are arrested for trying desert and escape the firing squad by stealing a plane in a hilarious and exciting climax.
Laurel and Hardy star in this their last film together! Heading for a newly inherited island the boys are shipwrecked and marooned on an atoll which has just emerged from the sea. Along with their cook a stowaway and a girl who is fleeing her fianc'' they set up their own government on the atoll. Uranium is discovered and world powers begin fighting over ownership of the island.
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