mazie Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Any Laurel and Hardy Fans out there? I am having a relapse of MS and couldn't sleep last night. I turned on the TV and there they were. I lterally had to put the blanket over my mouth, I was laughing so hard. Didn't want to wake my hubby up. I love those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 You should have woken him up. That way you both could have had a laugh. Like "two peas in a pod-uh." (Little verbal gag from one of their movies.) You have excellent taste in late night movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les66 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I am a big Laurel and Hardy fan. Their Music Box short film is a classic. It is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt. My mother, her nursing aide and myself watched it one night and we all just about fell on the floor from laughing so hard! My mother laughed so hard she had tears in her eyes and the nursing aide and I were complaining about our bellies hurting from laughing so hard. Stan Laurel was a comedic genius. If you watch one of their films very closely, you can see that their comedic routines were choreographed just like a dance routine would be. Every little step would lead the way to a pratfall or a conk on the head. Another funny short film is one where Stan visits Ollie in the hospital and Ollie is in a leg cast. Need I say more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 One L&H short I would like to see run more often is Big Business, the one where they are selling Christmas trees, I believe. That is hysterical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 You're right. They are selling Christmas trees. I got it years ago on a VHS tape. The gradual destruction of their car and Finlayson's house is so matter-of-fact. There is no attempt to stop anything only the continued assault on each other's property. Since it's a silent you're not likely to see it anywhere but TCM unless you find it on a DVD colllection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyoka1 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 These two DVD releases, plus the TCM broadcasts of their films, should revive interest in Laurel and Hardy to some degree, at least. It would be nice if TCM would lease all of their Hal Roach output from Hallmark and run their shorts on a regular basis between features. http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I think the really classic part of their type of humor was the way they stand by and wait while someone else would do something to them. Then that person would stand by and wait until they did their bit against them. Case in point, Hollywood Party and the sequence with L&H and Lupe Velez. They would do something to her and then Hardy would just stand there while she would place an egg on his person and smash it. Then he would do something to her. And so on. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazykatclassics Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hallmark no longer owns the Hal Roach library, as the company sold back the HR library back to RHI Entertainment, who originally owned the films back in the early 90s and the company did lease the films to cable tv and home video, so hopefully this might be some great news, considering that Hallmark did a very poor job in handling of the HR library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 But isn't RHI Entertainment headed by the guy who now owns Hallmark Entertainment and the Hallmark Channel? (Which is very different from owning the Greeting Card company or its vintage Hallmark Hall of Fame library). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwayneBrue Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Another Laurel And Hardy short I would love to see on DVD is, Twice Two where the boys play their own wives. This is classic L & H, and it was the last short directed by James Parrot. The other feature length film of Laurel And Hardy I would also like to see on DVD is Our Relations where they play their twin brothers. Maybe Hallmark could put these on a L & H DVD collection. Dwayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 DwayneBrue: Another terrific short with a family theme is "Brats." They play their own children. It's done on an oversize set. A good deal of it centers on them getting a bath and getting ready for bed. filmlover: I love the way Ollie is almost trying to figure out what will happen during those pauses. The way he looks at the camera as if to solicit sympathy is wonderful. Also the way Stan tries to help Ollie only to have the recipient retaliate to Ollie. One of my favorite bits is the laughing scenes. In "Blotto" and "The Devil's Brother" when they get laughing it's nearly impossible not to laugh. We need more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwayneBrue Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I forgot about, "Brats" thanks for reminding me! A great DVD collection of Laurel And Hardy would be, Our Relations, Twice Two, Brats, and Blotto. Dwayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazykatclassics Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Regardless, all of the sound Hal Roach two reelers should be seen, either on tv or home video for that matter and I have the original 1930 release of "BRATS".The current print that is widley shown today, is the 1937 re-release with the team's tradmark derbys hanging on a hatrack, but the verison I have has the original 1929/30 HR title cards and in the begining of original verison, there is a funny title card(regarding Stan & Ollie's wives) that was edited in the re-release, as the current verison opens up with Stan & Ollie playing checkers.This print that I own is a fully restored 35mm print and was shown on German television, so you do have German subtitles, but you really don't notice(or pay)attention to it. Since, I am a film collector, you should seem some of the other rare Roach "talkies", as I just got a couple(in a film trade) of rare Harry Langdon sound shorts he made for Roach during 1929 and 1930 and excellent prints as well, so if anyone sounds interested, just e-mail me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 It was interesting as I was learning about L&H to see that they made so many versions of the same movie for international release. It's interesting they chose that route rather than just dub them. I admire people like you who have such a devotion to their hobby. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 lzcutter- You are correct about RHI. RHI stands for Robert Halmi. Robert Halmi Sr. is probably the most prolific producer of film entertainment in Hollywood today. He is the man responsible for many television films - from Lonesome Dove and Scarlett (the Gone With The Wind sequel) to the recent The Ten Commandments remake. A IMDB search will provide a very expansive list. I am not exactly sure how the Hallmark/Robert Halmi relationship developed but, for all intents and purposes, they are the same company. At least they were last I heard. There was a recent profile of Robert Halmi Sr. in the New York Times (April 8th - available to subscribers only by this time) and there was a big profile in the LA Times years ago. The "most prolific producer in Hollywod" description came from the LA Times article. He is very much a modern day mogul - along with his son Robert Halmi Jr. - who is very "hands on" about all the films he produces. Both he and his son are very decent and polite gentlemen. Kyle in Hollywood Message was edited by: hlywdkjk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazykatclassics Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Thanks moviefan ;-) I did hear that there are plans to release a dvd box set collection of all(that survives)the silent Laurel And Hardy comedies either at the end of this year or next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfairlady84 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 oh yeah I love Laurel and Hardy. The music box was the first one I ever saw and I loved it. It used to be a tradition for my family to watch it on New Year's Eve. I also love the Ghost Ship one and the one where Stan pretends to be the heir of some millionare that died who was also named Laurel (with Ollie's proding of course) but they walk in on a murder mystery of who killed the millionare Laurel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Those would be "The Live Ghost" and "The Laurel & Hardy Murder Case." (I wasn't sure if you knew the titles.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfairlady84 Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 thank you, know I didn't. They were put together with a couple others in a compilation called "Laurel and Hardy Spooktacular" so me and my grandma always just referred to them as the Spooktacular ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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