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Laurel And Hardy - The Classics - Way Out West / Sons Of The Desert / The Music Box [VHS] [1937]
 
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Laurel And Hardy - The Classics - Way Out West / Sons Of The Desert / The Music Box [VHS] [1937]

VHS ~ Stan Laurel
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy
  • Directors: James Parrott, William A. Seiter
  • Writers: Byron Morgan, Eddie Welch, Frank Craven, Glenn Tryon, H.M. Walker
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Vision Video Ltd.
  • VHS Release Date: 18 Oct 1999
  • Run Time: 175 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R79G
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,584 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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    #9 in  Video > Classic Films > Actors > Laurel & Hardy
    #11 in  Video > Classic Films > Comedy > 1930s

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In Greek mythology, there is a cursed old King called Sisyphus who is punished in Hades by eternally having to push a heavy stone up a hill (as soon as he gets to the top, it comes rolling down). Sisyphus's closest relations in Hollywood are Stan and Ollie, whose punishment in The Music Box is delivering a piano to a house at the top of a seemingly interminable staircase. This Oscar-winning comedy short should be shown to anybody who doubts Laurel and Hardy's genius. It's one of their greatest films, as painful as it is funny to watch.

Way Out West, their sole foray into cowboy country, benefits from their rousing rendition of "The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" (a song which made it into the British charts a few years ago) and some inspired villainy from James Finlayson, the Scottish actor who was frequently cast as Stan and Ollie's nemesis (here, he plays villainous bartender Mickey Finn). The plot is some hokum about Stan and Ollie's attempts to deliver deeds to a gold mine to the daughter of an old pal. What matters is the clowning--most of which is inspired. In Sons of the Desert, the duo play truant from their wives to attend a Masonic lodge convention, but don't get away with the deception. --Geoffrey Macnab

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In 'Way Out West' Stan and Ollie have the deed to a gold mine to deliver. In 'Sons Of The Desert' Stan and Ollie promise to attend Chicago for a convention for their lodge 'The Sons Of The Desert' but they discover that they've arranged to do other things. In 'The Music Box' Stan and Ollie have to move a piano up a flight of stairs.

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a must have classic film for anyone who loves comedy, 10 Oct 2000
All 3 films are excellent, Way Out West was very funny as you follow their quest to get their hands on the deeds of a Gold Mine and the famous dance routine was great as was the their rendition of the famous The Blue Ridged Mountains of Virginia. Sons of the Dessert is a very creative and enjoyable film which has incredible twist and turns in the story, but it has to be Music Box - their Oscar winning film that is the ultimate comedy short of all time, it is a classic comedy sketch that everyone must see, the unbelievable antics they get up to as they attempt to deliver a piano to a house at the tip of a steel stoop of stairs... I was crying with laughter. If you only ever buy one of their films it should be this one!
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply The Best., 3 Aug 2003
By Mr. P. Tanner "paultanner2" - See all my reviews
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What can I say? Laurel and Hardy are the true kings of comedy. This video has, arguably, the three best films they ever made and is it quite simply genius. If you don't like L & H then don't buy this, if you do like them then why haven't you bought this already?

He He He He, I think I might go and watch this again.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Laurel And Hardy - The Classics - Way Out West / Sons Of The Desert / The Music Box, 9 Oct 2007
By Roger Boyle (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Quite simply the cinema's greatest ever double act with 3 of there greatest ever films
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