Laurel and Hardy classics packaged into one fantastic box set ensuring hour upon hour of chuckles. Laurel and Hardy Way out WestPlus Shorts: Way Out West (Black and Whiite) Way out West (Colourised) One Good Turn (Black and Whiite) One Good Turn (Colourised) Thicker Than Water (Black and Whiite) Thicker Than Water (Colourised) Regarded as the most popular of Laurel and Hardy's feature-length films - not least for the song The Trail of the Lonesome Pine -Way out West sees Stan and Ollie visiting the town of Brushwood Gulch to deliver the deed of a gold mine only to be deceived by James Finlayson playing a villainous saloon-keeper. A great favourite among Laurel and Hardy admirers Finlayson is featured elsewhere in this compilation through the classic Laurel and Hardy shorts One Good Turn and Thicker than Water. Laurel and Hardy the Bohemian GirlRelated Shorts: The Bohemian Girl (Black and Whiite) The Bohemian Girl (Colourised) On The Loose (Black and Whiite) That's My Wife (Black and Whiite) Along Came Auntie (Black and Whiite) A classic full-length Laurel and Hardy film The Bohemian Girl is based on the opera by Michael W. Balfe. Stan and Ollie play gypsies in Europe as it was centuries ago earning their living by an ingenious means of picking pockets. When Mrs. Hardy disappears with her lover they become guardians to a small girl who is really the daughter of an aristocrat. The Bohemian Girl was the last Laurel and Hardy film to feature Thelma Todd who had worked with the team since their first talkie in 1929. This compilation includes one of her starring short comedies with ZaSu Pitts On the Loose to which Laurel and Hardy contribute a guest appearance. Also included is That's My Wife a classic silent Laurel and Hardy film that at one stage was going to be reworked as part of The Bohemian Girl plus the earlier Hardy solo film that inspired its plot Along Came Auntie. Laurel and Hardy Saps at SeaMusic Shorts: Saps At Sea (Black and Whiite) Saps at Sea (Colourised You're Too Darn Tootin' (Black and Whiite) Below Zero (Black and Whiite) Below Zero (Colourised) Tiemblay Titubea (Black and Whiite) A collection of classic Laurel and Hardy including the feature-length comedy Saps at Sea - Laurel and Hardy's last film for Hal Roach - in which Stan's trombone-playing aggravates Ollie's newly-acquired allergy to the sound of horns! Continuing the musical connection are two short comedies in which our heroes struggle to earn a living as musicians: Below Zero - presented in both its original version and in its rare Spanish-language edition with Laurel and Hardfy speaking their own dialogue - and one of their best silents You're Darn Tootin'. Laurel and Hardy Sons of the DesertRelated Shorts: Sons of the Desert (Black and Whiite) Sons of the Desert (Colourised) We Faw Down (Black and Whiite) Their Purple Movement On The Wrong Trek A classic feature film - regarded by many critics as Laurel and Hardy's best - plus the silent short that inspired it another attempt by Stan and Ollie to escape their wives plus Laurel and Hardy returning a guest appearance with Charley Chase. In Sons of the Desert Stan and Ollie attend the Chicago convention of their lodge but tell their wives they are going on an ocean voyage for the sake of Ollie's health - then discover that the ship has sunk! The silent short We Faw Down anticipates this story with Stan and Ollie claiming to have attended a stage show - unaware that the theatre has burned down. In Their Purple Moment Stan and Ollie go out for an evening without their wives only to discover that their money has been replaced with useless coupons. Sons of the Desert include a guest contribution from fellow-Roach comedian Charley Chase; On the Wrong Trek sees Laurel and Hardy returning the compliment in one of Chase's own films.
The ultimate collection for fans of Laurel and Hardy: 21 discs of classic comedy! Content comprises: 1. A Chump At Oxford / Related Shorts 2. Classic Shorts / Someone's Ailing 3. Way Out West / Shorts 4. Classic Shorts / Ollie And Matrimony 5. Our Relations / Dual Roles Shorts 6. Classic Shorts / Murder In The Air 7. Blockheads / Themed Shorts 8. Classic Shorts / Blackmail 9. The Bohemian Girl / Related Shorts 10. Classic Shorts / Be Big / Laughing Gravy 11. Saps At Sea / Themed Shor
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into! Enter Laurel & Hardy's unique world of emblematic bowler hats and highly visual slapstick with this special compilation boxset of the very best Laurel & Hardy feature-length films. With Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy, the misadventures of the most recognizable comedy double act, whose charm and on screen chemistry set a new standard, are perfectly captured here in high definition for the first time. Includes Block-Heads, Our Relations, Pardon Us, Sons of the Desert and Way Out West. Includes bonus: Another Fine Mess, Busy Bodies & Towed In A Hole
Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Chickens Come Home (b/w) Chickens Come Home (colourised) Politiquerias (Chickens Come Home in an extended Spanish-language edition with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own Spanish dialogue!) Come Clean (b/w) Love 'Em and Weep (b/w silent with music score) Sugar Daddies (b/w silent with music score) Early to Bed (b/w silent with music score) A collection of classic Laurel & Hardy shorts based around the theme of blackmail - actual or implied! In one of the team's best shorts 'Chickens Come Home' Ollie is a candidate for Mayor whose campaign is endangered by the reappearance of a girl from his past. Alongside the familiar version of this film is its feature-length Spanish equivalent 'Politiquerias' with L&H speaking their own foreign dialogue plus the early silent short 'Love 'Em And Weep' on which it was based. Another early silent 'Sugar Daddies' provides a variant on the idea (plus the same climactic gag!) while in the sound short 'Come Clean' regular foil Mae Busch - the blackmailer in 'Love 'Em And Weep' and its remake - is once again demanding money from Stan and Ollie. In the classic silent 'Early To Bed' Ollie has money to spare - and this time it's Stan who learns the power of blackmail!
Stan and Ollie convince their wives of their need for a long sea cruise without them to recouperate from illness. But when their wives attend the cinema in their absence and see them on ship on camera their homecoming proves to be quite an affair.
This box set features the following comedy classics from Laurel and Hardy! The Bohemian Girl Saps at Sea Swiss Miss Way Out West
SMITHY: Discharged from the army Smithy (Stan Laurel) finds work helping to build a 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.
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