"Director: Hal Roach"

• Laurel And Hardy - Bogus Bandits / March Of The Wooden Soldiers | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  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

• The Laurel & Hardy Collection | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-6.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Four Classic Comedy Films In A Two DVD Box Set March Of The Wooden SoldiersLaurel and Hardy star as Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee in this classic comedy musical set in the fairytale world of Toyland. When the unscrupulous Silas Barnaby threatens to evict Mother Widow Peep from her home, the boys come to her rescue…or at least they would have if they’d not been fired from the toy factory for getting Santa Claus’s order wrong by making 100 six foot soldiers instead of 600 one foot soldiers! But when Barnaby and his evil Bogeymen terrorise Toyland, an army of wooden soldiers is just what the town needs to rid themselves of his wickedness once and for all. The Flying DeucesOllie 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. UtopiaStan 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. Bogus BanditsSet in northern Italy in the early 18th Century, Stan and Ollie star as wannabe bandits Stanilo and Olio who holdup the wrong man on their first job. Their victim is none other than the infamous highwayman Fra Diavolo also known as the Marquis de San Marco, a nobleman who uses his social position to steal from his fellow gentry. They find new employment as Fra Diavolo’s servants and soon become embroiled in a dastardly scheme to steal 500,000 francs. But no matter how good the plan is, with Stanilo and Olio around nothing is ever as easy as it should be.

• Laurel And Hardy - Bogus Bandits | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £6.96   |  Saving you £3.03 (43.53%)   |  RRP £9.99

  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

• The Devil's Brother | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Laurel and Hardy star in this period operetta. In the early 18th century FraDiavolo (The Devil's Brother) and his notorious gang of thieves terrorize northern Italy. Wanderers Laurel and Hardy; herein known as Stanlioand Ollio are held up by a band of Diavolo'smen and lose their hard-earned savings. As a result of this robbery apart from the madcap series of comedy adventures our duo determine that they too will lead a life of crime and proceed to laughingly bungle a series of robbery attempts with Ollioposing as Diavolo. They make the mistake of holding up the real Diavolo (admirably played by Dennis King). He in turn threatens their lives but spares them and makes them his personal servants. Diavolois enamoured with the charms of Lady Rocberg(played by the lovely titillating Thelma Todd) and the 500 000 francs she has hidden in her petticoat. Featuring James Finlayson as support in the rollicking jolly frolic. A rarely seen screen gem this film was one of Stan and Ollie's own favourites and shows the great duo at the top of their trade.

• Bogus Bandits (Laurel & Hardy) | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in northern Italy in the early 18th Century, Stan and Ollie star as wannabe bandits Stanilo and Olio who holdup the wrong man on their first job. Their victim is none other than the infamous highwayman Fra Diavolo also known as the Marquis de San Marco, a nobleman who uses his social position to steal from his fellow gentry. They find new employment as Fra Diavolo’s servants and soon become embroiled in a dastardly scheme to steal 500,000 francs. But no matter how good the plan is, with Stanilo and Olio around nothing is ever as easy as it should be.

• Harold Lloyd & Friends | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Harold Lloyd in Five classic short films including Our Gang.

• Bogus Bandits | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £6.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (14.31%)   |  RRP £7.99

  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.

• Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 4 | DVD | (04/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.16

• Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 7 | DVD | (30/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.16

• The Art Of Lloyd George | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A collection of short films made 1918-1922 from silent film comedian Harold Lloyd famous for his character known as ""Glasses"" the all-American boy whose signature was a simple pair of horn-rimmed spectactles. Lloyd's gravity-defying and fast-paced stunts set him in a class of his own! Includes: 1. Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918) 2. Just Neighbours (1919) 3. Bumping Into Broadway (1920) 4. His Royal Slyness (1920) 5. An Eastern Westerner (1920) 6. Number Please? (1920) 7. I Do