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The Oliver Hardy collection : Eight comedy classics, showcasing an American Slapstick legend / [licensed from] Lobster Films ; produced for video by Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg.
LIBRA DVD 004 112
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Slapstick symposium too (Series)
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Silent films.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (184 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Silent with English intertitles and added musical soundtrack.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Better known as the rotund half of the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, Oliver Hardy had an early career as a solo silent comic. This collection of 8 silent comedy shorts reveals the evolution of Hardy's comic mastery as well as showcasing many lesser-known stars of the slapstick era".--Container.
- Contents:
- The show / directors, Larry Semon, Norman Taurog (1922, 25 min.)
- Stick around / director, Ward Hayes (1925, 24 min.)
- Along came Auntie / director, Fred Guiol, Richard Wallace (1926, 23 min.)
- 45 minutes from Hollywood / director Fred Guiol (1926, 21 min.)
- Crazy to act / director, Earl Rodney (1927, 25 min.)
- The sawmill / directors, Larry Semon, Norman Taurog (1921, 25 min.)
- Should sailors marry? / directors, James Parrott, Jess Robbins (1925, 18 min.)
- Hop to it! / director, Ted Burnstein (1925, 23 min.)
- Participant:
- Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Bobby Ray, Vivian Oakand, Stan Laurel, Glenn Tryon, Mildred June, Clyde Cook.
- Credits:
- Music, Neil Brand, Eric Le Guen.
- Notes:
- Originally released as motion pictures between 1922 and 1926.
- Includes: 45 minutes from Hollywood, the first Hal Roach produced film with Laurel and Hardy together.
- Contains:
- Show
- Stick around
- Along came Auntie
- 45 minutes from Hollywood
- Forty five minutes from Hollywood
- Crazy to act
- Sawmill
- Should sailors marry?
- Hop to it!
- OCLC:
- 62081337
- Publisher Number:
- 738329043322
- K433 Kino on Video
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