My father (now 79) and I golf together about once a week and we watch old Hogan's Heroes episodes on blueray and I treasure every minute because I know nothing lasts forever. Your post reminded me of that. Let those memories last forever my friend! Best wishes.
Praying for your loss 😢 I’m 22 and my dad grew me up on Laurel and Hardy i sure hope it’s a long ways a way but when he goes to heaven watching this will hopefully bring a smile to my face as I imagine his laugh every time he would watch them. Your Dad is there with you laughing and watching with you ❤
Loved them all my life and now, aged 87, still do. I was given by my daughter a boxed collection containing 21 c.ds. I watch them regularly (like now!) and always enjoy and appreciate. Kind regards to all L and H fans watching now. England, August, 2023.
Sargent walks in with gun-powder all over his face.... "Look Ollie, they got us a porter! You can have Thursday's off." I died laughing. It's a million times funnier today.
Hi This brings back fond memories of of watching Laurel and Hardy with my Daddy and Mommy and how we laughed. I love ❤️ them they help me sleep. Simple times were the best
I often put them on or Buster or WC or the Marx Bros. before bed and happily drift off with them. Love waking slightly and seeing them floating around like funny guardian angels, usually catching the whole movie or disc of shorts over a few nights. With you on that one!
Always fun to watch Stan and Ollie. I always laugh no matter how many times I have watched their movies. They were the best comedy duo of all time. No one can take their place. No one has and no one ever will
I had never seem this film before and as it was a later film was not quite sure what to expect. Just wonderful, laughed out loud. What a great team they were. Simply the best !
JUST WATCHING STAN AND OLLIE MAKES ME THINK OF MY CHILD DAYS.EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.THEY ARE SIMPLEY COMICAL, HAVE A 20 DVD WITH EVERY ROCHE FILM THEY DONE TOGETHER.U TUBE SO GREATFUL
I watched L&H as a kid in the 60,s and still watch them today ..They were daft as a brush and predictable but that was the beauty of them ,and it's good to escape the mad world we live in today for a while 😁😂👍
I join you in honoring your father. When I flew to Honolulu to visit my father at the Hospice, he was watching Star Trek on tv, on comfort meds, and seemed like he was ready to go.
Great movie but very sad. Laurel and Hardy had no say nor could they put in their magic into this movie. But they needed the $$$ and they were still contracted. When Laurel wrote their own script, it was fantastic. Thumb's UP.
@@sherrychaffin4843 I have the entire DVD set. I've seen em a million times. Even though I know exactly what's going to happen, I still laugh out loud. They were so innocent in a big world for them. All the contributing actors were perfect, like Finlayson. "ohhh, my good eye!" But my all time favorite is Ghost Ship. Where they shanghai guys for the capitan. Best line,,,,after ther captain clears out the crew down below, he tells everyone "forard (without the w, which means go forward on the ship). L&H just stand there and the capt. yells FORARD! and Hardy turns towards Laurel and checks out Laurel's forehead. I'm lol as I write. Same pic, they have to throw the "body" of the drunk overboard and they are talking about whether he will go to heaven or the "other place". Hardy says the other place and tells Laurel to get a lump of coal to put into the sack with the body. Laurel says "you mean if you go the other place you have to take your own coal" . God love em and RIP their souls. Nice talking to you.
De uma folha.qualquer eu desenho.um.sol amarelo.E com tintas r cores eu posso fazer um castelo... E com lapis.de.cor...Sensacao de.nichie.De dois.mil passaras sim . Como diria Nostradamus.
Don't you just love how polite people were expected to be in those days? I love those customs!! Men removing their hats when entering a home or room, or when a lady came into the room. I think it's a shame we let those things go by the wayside.
It no doubt was stilted ,because it was primarily a propaganda film ,more work than inspiration. Amazing that Stan and Laurel were able to come through so well.
I believe their health was beginning to fail by this point and perhaps took a tad of their whimsical and creative vitality away but still plenty to love and enjoy here. Glad I saw it. Definitely ones, or two perhaps better said, of a kind.
1000 bin kez seyretsem de 1000 kez gülüyorum. Hiç bir komedyen Stan ve Olie kadar güncel kalamamıştır. Bu dünyaya veda ettiklerine hiç inanasım gelmiyor. Paylaşımınız için çoook Teşekkürler.
Ah, je comprende et da'accord! And so marvelous to see how beloved and appreciated they still are around the world so many years after they originally created a global sensation. Very special funny gents indeed!
OLIVER NORVEL HARDY DIED FROM A STROKE IN 1957 AND STAN LAUREL DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS OLD AND THEY WERE THE FUNNIEST COMEDY TEAM THAT EVER LIVED 😔
Thank you Mr. Nobel for posting this, one of two L & H films I 've never caught more than snippets of and one not often anthologized. I enjoyed it immensely in many ways. Stan and Ollie are always a treat to watch nevermind where it ranks among their many masterpieces. They and their rare comic chemistry and timing and characterizations are the masterpiece.
I agree. This movie gives more screen time to all the other supporting characters that does to Stan and Ollie. All their films after Hal Roach are like that. 20th Century Fox and MGM had no idea about the genius of Laurel and Hardy. They wanted to do things their own way and give didn't give a damn if Stan and Ollie liked it or not.
@@kevinhoffman8112 Stan and Babe had more leeway when Mal St. Clair became their regular director starting with JITTERBUGS, and Stan was able to veto bits that he knew were bad or out-of-character(he made significant changes to the opening of DANCING MASTERS, for instance), and I always felt that the four he directed, even the much-maligned BIG NOISE, are better than the ones others directed by others like A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO.
Yes, I chortled maybe twice during the whole movie. It was the most unfunny boring L&H movie ever, painful it most certainly was! Because 20th Century Fox strictly scripted the whole lot with no adlibs hence L&H were restricted (strangled) hence a totally crap totally unmemorable -movie- flop.
@@TheGeezzer The Fox films only exist because of Abbott and Costello. Between SAPS AT SEA and this L&H couldn't get arrested in Hollywood, then A&C became a phenomenon with BUCK PRIVATES, and Fox figured L&H could be their own A&C. So naturally, Fox tried to turn Stan and Babe INTO Abbott and Costello. I think that after Fox cancelled all their B series in 1942 they threw up their hands on that and stopped micro-managing the L&H films, reasoning that they'd end in a few years time(indeed when Fox tried to re-sign L&H after the last one, it was for them to support musical stars, not star in B films). They seem more like their old selves in the fast four Fox films.
They've assigned us a porter! Laughed myself horse. Great humour. Love the long plank of wood gag with Stan in different poses. Great fun, however, agree with previous comments, the earlier films were much stronger, these later one's lacked something of the Hal Roach period.
yes agree good clean comedy/ no swearing / the movies today suck / you wont see these movies like these again just like good old rock n roll those days are gone
It's nice that people like this, though it's far from vintage L&H with just the occasional flash coming through. One such is the parade sequence where Stan sticks Penelope down Ollie's pants (33:30 to 36:10). Ollie's reactions are priceless. And as others have noted the third to sixth of their TCF films were a definite improvement, Mal St Clair actually understood slapstick and allowed them to modify the scripts. Of their 8 40's films though I'd probably rate this 5th (No 1 The Bullfighters, 2 Jitterbuge, close 3rd The Dancing Masters, 4th The Big Noise, 5 GG, 6 Air Raid Wardens 7 Nothing But Trouble & 8 A-Haunting we will go. Here's a personal ranking of all their features (not including guest appearances) (Loving these guys as I do I wouldn't actively avoid any of these though I struggle to stay interested in no 22) 1 Way Out west 2 Sons of the Desert 3 Blockheads 4 Our Relations 5 A Chump at Oxford (top 5 for Lord Paddington) 6 Pack up your troubles 7. Pardon Us 8. Babes in Toyland 9. The Flying Deuces 10. Swiss Miss 11. The Bullfighters (highest ranked post Roach film - I think they have more energy here than in any other post Roach film and I really enjoy the different locale) 12. The Bohemian Girl 13. Jitterbugs (another very pleasant TCF offering - the best produced post Roach film - even the songs are ok) 14. The Devil's Brother (has great comedy material but Hal Roach's direction of the drama scenes is deadly) 15. Bonnie Scotland (again terrific comedy material but a lot of dead weight with the plot-line) 16. The Dancing Masters (scrappy but funny and they have a scene with Robert Mitchum!!!) 17. Atoll K - much maligned and not fun to see Stan so ill - BUT it offers them genuinely Fresh situations, has a good share of funny and occasionally touching moments and an interesting plot 18. Saps at Sea (lowest ranked Hal Roach - amusing but obviously rushed to complete their contract.) 19. The Big Noise - lots of cribs from earlier films, which is no bad thing. But the execution is perfunctory , which dampens things a bit. Stan's rendition of Mairzy Doats is funny (and causes a crew member to laugh). 20. Great Guns - aside from everything else - a change in the make up applied to L & H ages them about 10 years) 21. Air Raid Wardens - A potentially funny film, which looks closer to vintage Laurel & Hardy (thanks to a re-use of their old make-up) + and teams them with old adversary Edgar Kennedy. But it then squanders every comic possibility with leaden direction, bad blocking and pacing.) 22. Nothing But Trouble (very thin material-annoying story line, the dinner scene should be the highlight but barely raises a titter.) 23. A-Haunting we will go (the only time I can think of where Stan actually looks unhappy.) Of course one shouldn't forget the real gems which are shorts such as The Music Box, Towed in a Hole, Laughing Gravy, Brats, Helpmates, A Perfect Day, Hog Wild, Their First Mistake, The Music Box, Towed in a Hole, Busy Bodies, Going Bye Bye, Them Thar Hills ("pom-pom") Tit for Tat and another half dozen I can't think of just now - and also some of their silents are also very funny. Heck, there's so much to choose from with these two fellows.
I want to thank you for the information. I’ve been watching them since I’m a kid in the 1950’s. My Dad and I went to the movies to see L&H in a compilation film sometime in the 1960’s. It was all their silent film on the big screen. Do you know the name of that film? I think it was called “L&H in the roaring ‘20’s”? I’m not sure. Thanks again.
Wielkie dzięki za ten piękny film z Flipem i Flapem w roli głównej oraz przepiękną Ginder/Ona przypomina mi Ritę Hayworth/. Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Warszawy Polska
I liked this production also, I also feel that their Hal Roach's short productions were the best but this was also funny. I laugh so much that tears will be pouring down my face. And even when I see the same feature more than once, I still feel like laughing as much as if I was seeing it for the first time. I also prefer them above Charlie Chaplin or Abbot and Costella and others. Their acting is priceless, and especially the expressions Hardy shows on his face over Laurel's antics. Watching Laurel and Hardy seems like pure heaven to me, and however depressed I may feel they still make me to laugh and laugh. I love them both, I used to love them when I was a kid, and I love them now also in my 53rd years.
Hear hear, you have expressed the feelings of millions of their fans. They are without a doubt the best cinematic cure for depression of all time, even in movies like this, which is not one of their best. God bless them both and you too for posting your comment.
The boy was young with a big greddy crew I saw lots of things things by sticks and bushes in the dirt pinned too the house pinned to the pant the boy is young the crew must be able to get it standing and lit so bring it on we're going keep the house thank you
How the others kept straight faces whilst laural and Hardy were larking about in the film I don't know. It certainly is. The way ollie stares at the camera afther Stan laurals joke priceless comedy
agree good old comedy back in those days no computers or graphics like they have today movies like these I cherish I still watch them today and swearing agree still made good fashion comedy without using swear words you never will see movies again like this today same as good old fashion rocky and roll back in the 70's those days are done
This part is true, and I know from histories that Stan was suffering from diabetes and Ollie was increasingly unwell too, but I found myself able to generally sweep that sad reality and inevitability under the rug and admired them for trooping on. They still mustered enough of their magic to make me glad I finally saw it. Their last film a few years after is too bittersweet for me to watch as they were so diminished and seemed unable to hide their maladies age and pain.
My dad,who went to walk with the angels a week ago, and I watched these together 100 years ago. This is for you dad
My father (now 79) and I golf together about once a week and we watch old Hogan's Heroes episodes on blueray and I treasure every minute because I know nothing lasts forever. Your post reminded me of that. Let those memories last forever my friend! Best wishes.
Sorry for your loss my dad loved them.He was latin and wasn't born here .This comedy reached him and made him laugh.
Praying for your loss 😢 I’m 22 and my dad grew me up on Laurel and Hardy i sure hope it’s a long ways a way but when he goes to heaven watching this will hopefully bring a smile to my face as I imagine his laugh every time he would watch them. Your Dad is there with you laughing and watching with you ❤
Your father was well over 100?
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Loved them all my life and now, aged 87, still do. I was given by my daughter a boxed collection containing 21 c.ds. I watch them regularly (like now!) and always enjoy and appreciate. Kind regards to all L and H fans watching now. England, August, 2023.
Never get tired of watching the same film again and again. It's like watching for the first time, every time.
Prachtige nostalgie van de twee beste komieken ooit.
They will never be another Stan and ollie .total classic.
Sargent walks in with gun-powder all over his face.... "Look Ollie, they got us a porter! You can have Thursday's off." I died laughing. It's a million times funnier today.
Laural and Hardy, will allway's be remembered. All those year's
ago making short and feature films. We can still laugh today,
Amazing !!!.
Man this isn't how I remember boot camp back in "68. Good movie though. I love these guys.
The way Hardy acts with that bird in his pants is a master class in comedy. I haven't watched this in nearly 30years and it's just as good as ever.
A great trip down memory lane !! Thank you
No swearing. No foul behaviour. Just good ol' comedy. Silly but honest
fun .. what has happened to films today ..?
I agree. It is a disgrace to mankind with some of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood
no manners are taught anymore
no, just a bit of casual racism tho..
Oh you are so right, Dave
@@TheWeardale1 what racism?
The greatest comedy due. Of all times. Great.
Hi This brings back fond memories of of watching Laurel and Hardy with my Daddy and Mommy and how we laughed. I love ❤️ them they help me sleep. Simple times were the best
I often put them on or Buster or WC or the Marx Bros. before bed and happily drift off with them. Love waking slightly and seeing them floating around like funny guardian angels, usually catching the whole movie or disc of shorts over a few nights. With you on that one!
Without these two there would be no other comedy double acts they reign supreme ray Norman ☺️
Is it me or when looking back Hollywood is getting worse with each day that passes by!! Love Hardy and Laurel!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Stan and Ollie remain unsurpassed until this very day.
Agreed 💯
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For me,it"s the only duo that makes me laugh,even when they cry????
Always fun to watch Stan and Ollie. I always laugh no matter how many times I have watched their movies. They were the best comedy duo of all time. No one can take their place. No one has and no one ever will
Just watched Night Owls...that’s so brilliant! 😂
Ummm...Gee. You're right. There have been some other notable even great comic duos throughout history but never this magical and flawlessly funny.
I have to disagree, they are great but my opinion Abbott and Costello were the greatest comedy duo of all time.
Definitely. They are very refreshing to watch especially in these times of war hatred corruption
Very true!👍
I had never seem this film before and as it was a later film was not quite sure what to expect. Just wonderful, laughed out loud. What a great team they were. Simply the best !
JUST WATCHING STAN AND OLLIE MAKES ME THINK OF MY CHILD DAYS.EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.THEY ARE SIMPLEY COMICAL, HAVE A 20 DVD WITH EVERY ROCHE FILM THEY DONE TOGETHER.U TUBE SO GREATFUL
Great classic I can watch this over and over never get tired watching them
A great movie and it was funny as hell, give this all a thumbs up for the masters of comedy.
I watched L&H as a kid in the 60,s and still watch them today ..They were daft as a brush and predictable but that was the beauty of them ,and it's good to escape the mad world we live in today for a while 😁😂👍
I join you in honoring your father. When I
flew to Honolulu to visit my father at the
Hospice, he was watching Star Trek on tv,
on comfort meds, and seemed like he was
ready to go.
Great comedy team you never see that today i still watch them today
I love them 😍 Stan & Laurel
They really do entertain. Giving countless hours of fun. Hope they are happy and enjoying heaven.
I love Laurel and Hardy🙂 They are the best comedy dou forever
Dick and Doof, Gordo y Flaco, etc.. etc.. For sure.
The team of all times.😀
Oh my lord! What wonderful memories.😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fantastic actors !
Though they are the best comedy duo of all time thier work with hal rouch was the best I'd say. Still I'll always love STAN & OLIE ♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹⚘⚘👏👏✌🏽😊
Great movie but very sad. Laurel and Hardy had no say nor could they put in their magic into this movie. But they needed the $$$ and they were still contracted. When Laurel wrote their own script, it was fantastic. Thumb's UP.
Interesting. Much the way MGM destroyed Buster keaton and his original genius way of working.
Not a great movie at all. As you say, very sad
I’m thankful that the Hal Roach Laurel & Harry’s was my first introduction to the comedy duo.
Oh my goodness remember all those movies😅
Really i enjoyed this film and the same films of L&H,thank you for posting all L&H films.
When I was fortunate to stand by Laurel's and Keaton's grave in 1985. Laurel had died twenty years earlier and Keaton twenty-one.
Got that slightly wrong. Laurel died 23 February 1965 and Keaton died 1February 1966. Keaton attended Laurel's funeral.
If I remember correctly, Ollie passed early summer of '57.
I laughed 70 years ago and I still laugh today!!
Lol Lol Lawdt....Mike Wallace, Right...60 yrs for Me....Still Great Laughter!!
@@sherrychaffin4843 I have the entire DVD set. I've seen em a million times. Even though I know exactly what's going to happen, I still laugh out loud. They were so innocent in a big world for them.
All the contributing actors were perfect, like Finlayson. "ohhh, my good eye!" But my all time favorite is Ghost Ship. Where they shanghai guys for the capitan. Best line,,,,after ther captain clears out the crew down below, he tells everyone "forard (without the w, which means go forward on the ship). L&H just stand there and the capt. yells FORARD! and Hardy turns towards Laurel and checks out Laurel's forehead. I'm lol as I write.
Same pic, they have to throw the "body" of the drunk overboard and they are talking about whether he will go to heaven or the "other place". Hardy says the other place and tells Laurel to get a lump of coal to put into the sack with the body. Laurel says "you mean if you go the other place you have to take your own coal" .
God love em and RIP their souls. Nice talking to you.
70 years ! wow God bless you sir! I'm 40 and just discovered L & H about 4 months ago and cant get enough!
@@jeremybear573 Watch Ghost Ship, it's one of their best. Also, them thar hills. excellent.
De uma folha.qualquer eu desenho.um.sol amarelo.E com tintas r cores eu posso fazer um castelo... E com lapis.de.cor...Sensacao de.nichie.De dois.mil passaras sim . Como diria Nostradamus.
Don't you just love how polite people were expected to be in those days? I love those customs!! Men removing their hats when entering a home or room, or when a lady came into the room. I think it's a shame we let those things go by the wayside.
This is NOT Laurel and Hardy at their best. This is Jumping the Shark Laurel and Hardy.
This was a hilarious movie...thanks for posting.....
I love the scene where Laurel has one end of the looooong piece of wood & he's at the other end
Especially the time when he was sitting on the other end. :D
😂😂
The writing doesn't approach what they had to work with in the earlier shorts, but it's always great to see them.
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It no doubt was stilted ,because it was primarily a propaganda film ,more work than inspiration. Amazing that Stan and Laurel were able to come through so well.
I believe their health was beginning to fail by this point and perhaps took a tad of their whimsical and creative vitality away but still plenty to love and enjoy here. Glad I saw it. Definitely ones, or two perhaps better said, of a kind.
Mum would of be proud with my uncle been in the army my uncle in the navy and brother in the army she was proud of our Gary especially
I love the ending & Penelope wearing her own little outfit. Very cute
Laurel N Hardy the greatest comedy DUE ever
And I agree
1000 bin kez seyretsem de 1000 kez gülüyorum. Hiç bir komedyen Stan ve Olie kadar güncel kalamamıştır. Bu dünyaya veda ettiklerine hiç inanasım gelmiyor.
Paylaşımınız için çoook Teşekkürler.
Merhaba Ollie.
Plus qu'excellent Absolument remarquable rien ne vaut ces deux personnages ils ont un pouvoir de drôlerie extraordinairement unique
Ah, je comprende et da'accord! And so marvelous to see how beloved and appreciated they still are around the world so many years after they originally created a global sensation. Very special funny gents indeed!
Love these two, absolutely the top of the comedy tree but the latter films were not up to the early gems.
Laurel & Hardy are hilarious & I can't eat my snack thru choking because of laughing so much with them!
What a decline compared to their works with Roach,the major studios couldn't handle their genius.
OLIVER NORVEL HARDY DIED FROM A STROKE IN 1957 AND STAN LAUREL DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS OLD AND THEY WERE THE FUNNIEST COMEDY TEAM THAT EVER LIVED 😔
Sheila Ryan makes this movie. She was a Hollywood gem.
all time great comedians,and also the entire production team
The planks of wood bit is hilarious 😂😂👍
Love these slapstick boys
This is actually a great little flick
Thank you Mr. Nobel for posting this, one of two L & H films I 've never caught more than snippets of and one not often anthologized. I enjoyed it immensely in many ways. Stan and Ollie are always a treat to watch nevermind where it ranks among their many masterpieces. They and their rare comic chemistry and timing and characterizations are the masterpiece.
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They made proper films in those days!
It's amazing how many people like this! Stan and Babe are so out of character in this it's painful.
I agree. This movie gives more screen time to all the other supporting characters that does to Stan and Ollie. All their films after Hal Roach are like that. 20th Century Fox and MGM had no idea about the genius of Laurel and Hardy. They wanted to do things their own way and give didn't give a damn if Stan and Ollie liked it or not.
@@kevinhoffman8112 Stan and Babe had more leeway when Mal St. Clair became their regular director starting with JITTERBUGS, and Stan was able to veto bits that he knew were bad or out-of-character(he made significant changes to the opening of DANCING MASTERS, for instance), and I always felt that the four he directed, even the much-maligned BIG NOISE, are better than the ones others directed by others like A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO.
Yes, I chortled maybe twice during the whole movie. It was the most unfunny boring L&H movie ever, painful it most certainly was! Because 20th Century Fox strictly scripted the whole lot with no adlibs hence L&H were restricted (strangled) hence a totally crap totally unmemorable -movie- flop.
@@TheGeezzer The Fox films only exist because of Abbott and Costello. Between SAPS AT SEA and this L&H couldn't get arrested in Hollywood, then A&C became a phenomenon with BUCK PRIVATES, and Fox figured L&H could be their own A&C. So naturally, Fox tried to turn Stan and Babe INTO Abbott and Costello. I think that after Fox cancelled all their B series in 1942 they threw up their hands on that and stopped micro-managing the L&H films, reasoning that they'd end in a few years time(indeed when Fox tried to re-sign L&H after the last one, it was for them to support musical stars, not star in B films). They seem more like their old selves in the fast four Fox films.
@@antoniod Thanks for some clarification on this...as Ollie would say...Heres another kettle of fish you've pickled me in!
زبردست کیا بات ہئے
They've assigned us a porter! Laughed myself horse. Great humour. Love the long plank of wood gag with Stan in different poses. Great fun, however, agree with previous comments, the earlier films were much stronger, these later one's lacked something of the Hal Roach period.
That long plank gag had previously been used in their silent classic "The Finishing Touch" (1927 or 28)...
Always glad to see when stan and ollie gets a happy ending. I always feel so sorry for them when they gets beated up.
yes agree good clean comedy/ no swearing / the movies today suck / you wont see these movies like these again just like good old rock n roll those days are gone
It's nice that people like this, though it's far from vintage L&H with just the occasional flash coming through. One such is the parade sequence where Stan sticks Penelope down Ollie's pants (33:30 to 36:10). Ollie's reactions are priceless. And as others have noted the third to sixth of their TCF films were a definite improvement, Mal St Clair actually understood slapstick and allowed them to modify the scripts.
Of their 8 40's films though I'd probably rate this 5th (No 1 The Bullfighters, 2 Jitterbuge, close 3rd The Dancing Masters, 4th The Big Noise, 5 GG, 6 Air Raid Wardens 7 Nothing But Trouble & 8 A-Haunting we will go.
Here's a personal ranking of all their features (not including guest appearances) (Loving these guys as I do I wouldn't actively avoid any of these though I struggle to stay interested in no 22)
1 Way Out west
2 Sons of the Desert
3 Blockheads
4 Our Relations
5 A Chump at Oxford (top 5 for Lord Paddington)
6 Pack up your troubles
7. Pardon Us
8. Babes in Toyland
9. The Flying Deuces
10. Swiss Miss
11. The Bullfighters (highest ranked post Roach film - I think they have more energy here than in any other post Roach film and I really enjoy the different locale)
12. The Bohemian Girl
13. Jitterbugs (another very pleasant TCF offering - the best produced post Roach film - even the songs are ok)
14. The Devil's Brother (has great comedy material but Hal Roach's direction of the drama scenes is deadly)
15. Bonnie Scotland (again terrific comedy material but a lot of dead weight with the plot-line)
16. The Dancing Masters (scrappy but funny and they have a scene with Robert Mitchum!!!)
17. Atoll K - much maligned and not fun to see Stan so ill - BUT it offers them genuinely Fresh situations, has a good share of funny and occasionally touching moments and an interesting plot
18. Saps at Sea (lowest ranked Hal Roach - amusing but obviously rushed to complete their contract.)
19. The Big Noise - lots of cribs from earlier films, which is no bad thing. But the execution is perfunctory , which dampens things a bit. Stan's rendition of Mairzy Doats is funny (and causes a crew member to laugh).
20. Great Guns - aside from everything else - a change in the make up applied to L & H ages them about 10 years)
21. Air Raid Wardens - A potentially funny film, which looks closer to vintage Laurel & Hardy (thanks to a re-use of their old make-up) + and teams them with old adversary Edgar Kennedy. But it then squanders every comic possibility with leaden direction, bad blocking and pacing.)
22. Nothing But Trouble (very thin material-annoying story line, the dinner scene should be the highlight but barely raises a titter.)
23. A-Haunting we will go (the only time I can think of where Stan actually looks unhappy.)
Of course one shouldn't forget the real gems which are shorts such as The Music Box, Towed in a Hole, Laughing Gravy, Brats, Helpmates, A Perfect Day, Hog Wild, Their First Mistake, The Music Box, Towed in a Hole, Busy Bodies, Going Bye Bye, Them Thar Hills ("pom-pom") Tit for Tat and another half dozen I can't think of just now - and also some of their silents are also very funny. Heck, there's so much to choose from with these two fellows.
I want to thank you for the information.
I’ve been watching them since I’m a kid in the 1950’s.
My Dad and I went to the movies to see L&H in a compilation film sometime in the 1960’s. It was all their silent film on the big screen. Do you know the name of that film? I think it was called “L&H in the roaring ‘20’s”? I’m not sure.
Thanks again.
You rank The Big Noise quite highly as it usually gets a slating but your list is quite on the mark
I can't believe it. Too, too,too great movie.
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I liked this production also, I also feel that their Hal Roach's short productions were the best but this was also funny. I laugh so much that tears will be pouring down my face. And even when I see the same feature more than once, I still feel like laughing as much as if I was seeing it for the first time. I also prefer them above Charlie Chaplin or Abbot and Costella and others. Their acting is priceless, and especially the expressions Hardy shows on his face over Laurel's antics. Watching Laurel and Hardy seems like pure heaven to me, and however depressed I may feel they still make me to laugh and laugh. I love them both, I used to love them when I was a kid, and I love them now also in my 53rd years.
Hear hear, you have expressed the feelings of millions of their fans. They are without a doubt the best cinematic cure for depression of all time, even in movies like this, which is not one of their best. God bless them both and you too for posting your comment.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! BEAUTIFUL
22:47 I can’t stop laughing when Stan is crying for his worries that guy would fall from the horse 😂😂😂
16:10 Wow.... Savage comeback. Especially if you use that today.
Awww Penelope is so adorable!!!!
Just LOVE the Swahili closed-captions.
Watching this gem during lockdown 🤪
Blockheads is their best film.
I'm A Huge Big Super Awesome Laurel And Hardy Fan. Thanks Mate. X
Many thanks I do not know how I missed being regular watcher all their my favourite comedy duo !
Hi thank you nice film.
The greatest comedy duo EVER!!!
The boy was young with a big greddy crew I saw lots of things things by sticks and bushes in the dirt pinned too the house pinned to the pant the boy is young the crew must be able to get it standing and lit so bring it on we're going keep the house thank you
Great movie and Sheila Ryan was a real hotty.
Wonderful film.
THE BEST FOR EVER
Walks through the staff area almost entirely unnoticed until one guys gets eyes on it but isn't prone to do a thing about it.
Stan and Ollie were way past their best when this came out but it's still a good movie and miles better than most Hollywood comedies of the time.
Now these two really know just what there doing I'm sure !!!!!!!!!
Muy bueno lo veo para aprender ingles y un poco de teatro jiji 8gual me gusta me trae recuerdos de mis padres 😌💕
Great man both Laurel and hardy
The funniest movie I've seen of L&H😄
Thanks for sharing the laughs!
Must have been a crazy budget to put this movie together.. for the era.
well about 5000 dollars back then, now it would have been like 65 000 or something... not that good at math or the curent american inflation rate :D
This movie introduced me to Sheila Ryan. What a babe she was!
How the others kept straight faces whilst laural and Hardy were larking about in the film I don't know. It certainly is. The way ollie stares at the camera afther Stan laurals joke priceless comedy
Great lightbulb routine!
Wonderful 😊
So funny! I just love these two.....Golden.....💕💕
Thank you for your upload, theyre great during lockdown xx
Might not be the best but, Stan & Ollie are always great!
agree good old comedy back in those days no computers or graphics like they have today movies like these I cherish I still watch them today and swearing agree still made good fashion comedy without using swear words you never will see movies again like this today same as good old fashion rocky and roll back in the 70's those days are done
we feel the weight of years for stan & ollie
This part is true, and I know from histories that Stan was suffering from diabetes and Ollie was increasingly unwell too, but I found myself able to generally sweep that sad reality and inevitability under the rug and admired them for trooping on. They still mustered enough of their magic to make me glad I finally saw it. Their last film a few years after is too bittersweet for me to watch as they were so diminished and seemed unable to hide their maladies age and pain.
My cousin and loved them both Great and funny 🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂
Amazing.