Laurel & Hardy question

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Laurel & Hardy question; What's the title of that film?
Topic Started: Nov 4 2008, 12:03 PM (277 Views)
The Batman	Nov 4 2008, 12:03 PM Post #1
Charter Member Posts: 5,570 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	Three questions about the films of L&H: Is their only film with "West" in the title, Way Out West (1937)? If not, what is/are the other(s)? Are any of these available on DVD? Thanks, in advance.



Laughing Gravy	Nov 5 2008, 06:41 AM Post #2
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,073 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Off the top of my head, I cannot think of another Laurel & Hardy film with "West" in the title. Stan Laurel was in a solo film called "West of Hot Dog", and Oliver Hardy was once teamed with Billy West, though...



The Batman	Nov 5 2008, 08:02 AM Post #3
Charter Member Posts: 5,570 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	Thanks, LG. Second question, is Way Out West (1937) is available on commercial DVD?



rodney	Nov 5 2008, 09:26 AM Post #4
Charter Member Posts: 1,304 Group: Members Member #3 Joined: September 2, 2005	Yes, but it's a lousy transfer unless you get an import.
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The Batman	Nov 5 2008, 10:30 AM Post #5
Charter Member Posts: 5,570 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	Thanks, Rodney. It's actually for an older lady, who is a big L&H fan. This is one of the titles she is dying to see again, but can't seem to find on DVD. Now I know why.



The Batman	Nov 6 2008, 08:16 AM Post #6
Charter Member Posts: 5,570 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	Someone has come to the Batman's rescue and supplied me with a beautiful copy of the import release of the film. A big thank you to my anonymous friend.



Laughing Gravy	Nov 6 2008, 08:28 PM Post #7
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,073 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	For those of you wondering... No, Way Out West is NOT a silent picture. Unles syou turn the sound off on your teevee...



panzer the great & terrible	Nov 18 2008, 07:38 PM Post #8
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,356 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	But if you do, you'll miss some splendid vocalizing.
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Pa Stark	Feb 9 2009, 09:50 PM Post #9
Charter Member Posts: 479 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: September 5, 2005	Speaking of L&H, around 1968 my friends and I went to a storefront film society in San Francisco to see SONS OF THE DESERT and WAY OUT WEST. It was the first time any in our group saw either film. The place only held about 30 people, and we sat in director's chairs, each one had the name of a famous director on the back. In WAY OUT WEST Stan and Ollie try to break into Jimmy Finlayson's saloon in the middle of the night, and of course things do not go smoothly. Adding to the hilarity was the person sitting in front of me had a laugh that sounded like a dog barking. It went "Arf arf arf." We were laughing not only at the film, but at his laugh. We were laughing so hard, our stomachs hurt. It was the hardest any of us laughed in our lives, and was one of the two most memorable evenings I ever spent in a movie theater, the other was "An Evening With Batman and Robin" a couple of years earlier. I pictured Stan and Ollie hovering over the showing watching with great satisfaction.
	Honest and Lovable Pa Stark


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