2: The Dancing Masters/A-Haunting We Will Go/The Bullfighters 3 DVD at Best Buy.
Lacking the means, they answer an advertisement for a free train trip – the catch is, they have to accompany a coffin! Unfortunately for Laurel and Hardy, the coffin’s occupant is a fugitive from justice, very much alive. Stan and Ollie are vagrants who have been ordered to leave town without 24 hours. Many funny moments, with Stan and Ollie a well-oiled machine.
Two of the scenes in the movie were written and directed by Stan Laurel himself, although he receives no screen credits for it. Laurel and Hardy are private detectives, where Stan Laurel has to take the place of a brave matador that he resembles in Mexico City. laurel and Hardy Chump at Oxford DVD, LAUREL & HARDY DVD VOL. Be sure to look out for Margaret Dumont, the “fifth” Marx Brother, as well as a very young Robert Mitchum. A personal favorite, one of the best of their post-Roach Studios films. It “feels” like a collection of skits, but a very funny collection of skits. Stan and Ollie operate a dancing school, and try to help one of their students’ boyfriends, which involves hiding out in a society mansion, wrecking a ray gun, hijinks at a construction site and an auction, and ride a runaway bus. The feature films in the DVD set are: The Dancing Masters (1943) But Laurel and Hardy make the most of their screen time. It explains all of the ways that a tree is made into things that we use every day. It’s a short film, the sort that you were shown in grade school. Another pleasant surprise is Tree in a Test Tube, the only color film that Laurel and Hardy made. These include theatrical trailers and a commentary/documentary on each DVD. In addition, there are quite a few very nice bonus features on the 3 DVDs. Which are superior to most modern comedies. But it should be known that these are “lesser” Laurel and Hardy films. A CHUMP AT OXFORD restored black-and-white version A CHUMP AT OXFORD computer-colour version FROM SOUP TO NUTS restored version.
1: A Chump At Oxford Plus Related Stories. It’s not that these are bad films – I personally like The Dancing Masters very much – it’s a personal favorite. THE LAUREL & HARDY COLLECTION 21 DISC SET - LAUREL & HARDY VOL. Unlike the Roach studio, Stan and Ollie had little creative control over these films, and it shows.
Mastered from the original 35mm material, this third volume of lost films from the great comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy includes all silent shorts: Liberty (1929, 20 min.), We Faw Down (1928, 21 min.), the very first on-screen pairing of Stan and Ollie in The Lucky Dog (1919, 24 min.), Love ‘Em and Weep (1927, 24 min.), the Glenn Tryon/Oliver Hardy short Along Came Auntie (1926, 24 min.), and the Charley Chase/Oliver Hardy short Bromo and Juliet (1926, 24 min.).