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The Stolen Jools (Also known as The Slippery Pearls) - 1931 Black & White. This star-packed short film was intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Hospital, ironically it was produced in association with a cigarette company! In a Los Angeles police station, it is reported that Norma Shearer's pearls have been stolen. A detective is sent to the actress' home to interrogate party guests, most of whom are famous Hollywood stars. The detective ends up chasing leads all over town, ending up at a movie studio, where he learns the truth behind ""the slippery pearls."" Also features Buster Keaton and Edward G. Robinson. A non-stop chucklefest! The Sawmill - 1922 Black & White. Featuring Oliver Hardy and Larry Semon chaos in a Sawmill? Could be dangerous ouch! The Tree In A Test Tube- 1943 Black & White. A short public service film about the many uses of plastic! THE TREE IN A TEST TUBE was made as a non-theatrical industrial film. It utilized the services of Laurel & Hardy to help convey a message, aimed at wartime audiences, from the United States Department of Agriculture about wood-related products. Laurel and Hardy shot their brief, wordless bit over a lunch hour (while filming Jitterbugs) and the narration for their scene was provided by Pete Smith, who was then producing and narrating very funny short subjects for MGM. Only interesting because, as long as The Rogue Song remains lost, it's the only film The Boys made in colour.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of 2 or 3 DVDs that contains the 5 minute short 'The Tree In A Test Tube' - the only colour footage of Laurel and Hardy. However on this short timed DVD, this featurette is in black and white, thus completely defeating the reason for which Laurel and Hardy fans would buy this disc. It's even more criminal because the box lists the other two items as being in black and white i.e. implying that 'The Tree...' is in colour.The poor picture quality also makes you thankful for how wonderful the Universal 21 DVD box set is.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
All Laurel & Hardy fans will want to have a copy of "The Stolen Jools" in their collection, even though Stan & ollie's appearance in this charity short is all too brief. This is in some way compensated for with many cameo appearences of various stars of the period including Edward g Robinson, Buster Keaton, Joan Crawford and many more. The film runs for less than 10 minutes.
The picture quality on this dvd is just about passable, but hardly better than the old vhs issues that were around a few years ago (possibly struck from the same master?). The real downside to this issue is the poor sound quality; the loud sounds simply rasp at you.
The 2 other titles on this disc are really a waste of time. "The Sawmill" which is really a Larry Semon comedy featuring Oliver Hardy is of truly dreadful quality and is running much faster than its original filming speed, making it even harder to see the gags. "Tree in a test tube" as another reviewer has already mentioned, is a black & white copy of the only surviving colour L & H. This title is available on other inexpensive dvds in colour.
If you don't have a copy of "Stolen Jools" on the shelf then this disc is just about worthwhile, but don't pay more than a couple of quid for it!
The picture quality on this dvd is just about passable, but hardly better than the old vhs issues that were around a few years ago (possibly struck from the same master?). The real downside to this issue is the poor sound quality; the loud sounds simply rasp at you.
The 2 other titles on this disc are really a waste of time. "The Sawmill" which is really a Larry Semon comedy featuring Oliver Hardy is of truly dreadful quality and is running much faster than its original filming speed, making it even harder to see the gags. "Tree in a test tube" as another reviewer has already mentioned, is a black & white copy of the only surviving colour L & H. This title is available on other inexpensive dvds in colour.
If you don't have a copy of "Stolen Jools" on the shelf then this disc is just about worthwhile, but don't pay more than a couple of quid for it!
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This film featured Laurel & Hardy in a cameo role for a short sketch collapsing and destroying their car as lawyers driving their client passenger, which was a a regular gag in their other films around 1930-1931, it featured their favourite gag in that year where they used a car destruction sketch to perfection, it was a chance to parade this sketch within a sound short film made for charity featuring various stars of the time with their own input into the film, eg, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, etc.
There is less than a minute of Laurel & Hardy in this film, but it is important for completing a collection for the true Laurel & Hardy fan, and one that I felt I had to buy in addition to the box set of their classic own films.
Cameo appearances were a norm for Laurel & Hardy, and it's great that The Stolen Jools could be produced in entirety for DVD, especially as it was rarely seen or found until the early 1990s.
There is less than a minute of Laurel & Hardy in this film, but it is important for completing a collection for the true Laurel & Hardy fan, and one that I felt I had to buy in addition to the box set of their classic own films.
Cameo appearances were a norm for Laurel & Hardy, and it's great that The Stolen Jools could be produced in entirety for DVD, especially as it was rarely seen or found until the early 1990s.
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