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
Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) is the new President of Huxley College. In order to stay in charge he must somehow get the college football team to win their annual Thanksgiving game against arch-rivals Darwin - a bit of a tall order since Huxley haven't won a match since 1888! Needless to say playing it by the rules is the last thing on Wagstaff's mind...
Contains the titles: Duck Soup: captures some of the Marx Brothers' zaniest routines and funniest quips creating a laugh-out-loud spectacle of politics gone haywire. Backed by wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale Groucho becomes the leader of Freedonia quickly frustrating his cabinet and offending the aggressive neighboring country to the point of war. Chico and Harpo sent by the rival country spy on Groucho and try to steal his battle plans but when war does come loyalties beco
A fantastic collection of timeless works from the Marx Brothers. Films comprise: A Girl In Every Port (1952): This was Groucho Marx's second solo outing for RKO and his third feature without Chico and Harpo. Groucho and William Bendix play a couple of scheming sailors who spend most of their time in the ship's brig. Bendix receives a small inheritance and decides to spend it on a clapped-out racehorse. When Groucho learns that the animal has a much more successful twin
Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Bohemian Girl (b/w) Bohemian Girl (colourised) On The Loose That's My Wife (b/w silent with musical score) Along Came Auntie (b/w) A classic full-length Laurel & 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 L&H 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 & Hardy contribute a guest appearance. Also included is 'That's My Wife' a classic silent L&H 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'.
Determined to remove her family from the superficial high society world in which her husband Richard (Clifton Webb) is engrossed Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck) boards the R.M.S. Titanic in England on its maiden voyage to America along with her two children. Learning of her plans however Richard purchases a steerage ticket aboard the ship in hopes of reconciling with his family. But when fate ice and an overzealous ship captain step in the Sturges family faces an unimaginable
Monkey Business (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1931): The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards. Horse Feathers (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1932): Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) is the new President of Huxley College. In order to stay in charge he must somehow get the college football team to win their annual Thanksgiving game against arch-rivals Darwin - a bit of a tall order since Huxley haven't won a match since 1888! Needless to say playing it by the rules is the last thing on Wagstaff's mind... Duck Soup (Dir. Leo McCarey 1933): A pointed political satire Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film! Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Harpo and Chico are commisioned as spies by Groucho's political rival the calculating Trentino. The film contains many of the brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand the Paul Revere parody the ""We're Going To War"" number (a beautiful spoof of 30's musicals) the hilarious mirror scene and a final battle episode that has been copied by everyone including Woody Allen!
Monkey business abounds in this spirited musical comedy updating Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to 1930s London, with Stanley Lupino as the young man attempting to tame his formidably feisty bride leading Hollywood comedienne Thelma Todd. You Made Me Love You is featured in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Encountering a captivatingly beautiful young woman in a traffic jam, besotted songwriter Tom Daly is inspired to pen a successful new song, 'What's Her Name?' When Tom tracks down his mystery blonde he finds she's none other Pamela Berne, a horribly spoilt, fear-inspiring heiress who remains violently opposed to the idea of marriage!
Bogus Bandits Ollie and Stan play Olio and Stanlio a pair of incompetent bandits who are hired as servants to Fra Diavolo (The Devil's Brother) a real bandit played by Dennis King who in his other guise is known as the Marquis de San Marco an aristocrat who uses his position to discover the whereabouts of the treasures worn by the ladies in high society... March Of The Wooden Soldiers Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver hardy) are well-meaning but bra
This film set a popular style which was subsequently seen in such films as `Zorro` `The Scarlet Pimpernel` and countless others. It has a pattern which was followed in `Babes In Toyland` (1934) and `The Bohemian Girl` (1936) and contains some superb sequences. Originally called `Fra Diavolo` this film is based on the 1830 comic operetta of that name by Daniel F Auber. The film was subsequently called `The Devil's Brother` `Bogus Bandits` and `Virtuous Tramps`. Ollie and Stan pl
In this film Laurel & Hardy play a couple of gypsies who spend most of their time playing 'fingers' and picking pockets. They find themselves camped outside a Counts palace.... Olivers' wife kidnaps the Counts daughter and abandons Oliver for her lover leaving him with the child. Years pass and once again they are camping in the palace grounds when the daughter now a woman is caught tresspassing and thrown in the dungeons. Unaware of her noble birth Oliver and 'uncle' Stanley must
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.
Buster Keaton stars as Professor Post a shy clumsy scatterbrain who sees his chance for a new life when he inherits 0 000. In search of adventure and companionship he meets The Midnight Maids theater company on an outbound train. Enamored with the troupe's lead dancer and duped by the shady piano player (Jimmy Durante) the Professor uses his inheritance to become the benefactor of the show. Convinced of their talent he leads them to Broadway where he is certain their classic drama will catapult them into stardom. When the production hits the stage and Professor Post discovers he's financed a girlie show he'll do anything to halt the objectionable material - even if it means becoming the star himself! The best of Buster Keaton's sound era features Speak Easily contrasts his befuddled innocent character with the fast-talking antics of Jimmy Durante. Sydney Toler (the future Charlie Chan) makes an appearance as a bewildered stage manager.
The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards. Available for the first time on DVD.
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