me and my pal ( 1933 film )
•the title me and my pal is a play on words of a spencer tracy film the same year called me and my gal .
adventures on the morning of oliver' s wedding to oil baron peter cucumber' s daughter in me and my pal 1933 .
here are two vivid examples: the first from me and my pal and the second from their first mistake .
•copyrighted may 10, 1933. •the film began life under the title of the best man .
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me and my pal is hardly laurel and hardy’s greatest short subject, but it’s a pretty good acid test as to whether you “get” l & h or not. at the conclusion of this slight but funny l & h piece, my wife said, “why is ollie kicking the puzzle around, like it’s the puzzle’s fault? ” due to statements like this one, i try not to watch l & h movies with my wife .
thanks. it was my pleasure to participate in this blogathon. thanks for hosting .
•the telegram is dated march 20 1933. •it' s a shame that author glenn mitchell regards this film as a' lesser short' because personally i think it' s one of the better ones .
again, it’s not l & h’s greatest work, but me and my pal has that comedic gift for taking the mundane and turning it into an obsession — the sort of thing we like to think we have risen above, until we actually succumb to it…kind of like laurel & hardy, i suppose .
many would call this minor, but my love for stan and ollie knows no bounds. another delight .
: he' s right here. and he told me to tell you that we left 10 minutes ago .
16mm short laurel and hardy film in good condition with no vinegar smell complete with opening credits .
i' m especially fond of this film, and gave bonus marks to it, due to the fact that its release date was exactly 70 years before the birth of my son, julian .
this film was released in britain under an alternative title: fraternally yours. the plot of this film, by director william a. seiter, was a re - make of a similar film they had made earlier, be big (1930) .
mr. selznick had no musicals planned, however, and lent mr. kelly to metro - goldwyn - mayer, the studio most noted for lavish musicals. his first film, in 1942, was
for me and my gal ,
in which he starred as a small - time vaudeville hoofer opposite judy garland .
blackhawk / eastin - phelan. starring laurel & hardy. twice two (1933). reel is 10
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laurel and hardy were a comedy double act during the early classical hollywood era of american cinema. the team was composed of thin englishman, stan. adventures on the morning of oliver' s wedding to oil baron peter cucumber' s daughter in me and my pal 1933. laurel and hardy were a comedy double act during the early classical hollywood era of american cinema. the team was composed of thin englishman, stan. mr. hardy is about to get married, and it' s the best day in his life, but his long life friend gave him a wedding present that will change mr hardy' s life .
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stan :
he' s right here but he told me to tell you we just left; ten minutes ago .
a laurel & hardy comedy short. ollie is marrying the boss' s daughter this morning and he has no time for any nonsense. then stan shows up with an absolutely irresistible jigsaw puzzle... although a one - note comedy, me and my pal is still very funny. highlight: ollie' s face as he listens to the radio announcement. that' s james finlayson as peter cucumber & charlie hall as the flower delivery boy .
generally regarded as an artistic as well as a commercial failure was mr. kelly & apos; s ambitious project
invitation to the dance ,
a three - part, plotless dance film without dialogue released in 1956. mr. kelly starred in the film and directed and choreographed it .
the public wasn & apos; t ready for a serious dance film, and besides, by the time it came out, the popularity of film musicals had declined ,
mr. kelly said .
laurel & hardy 1928 parrott 27m 8s. 16mm film: two tars. two tars - 1928 - laurel & hardy print 102 - youtube. condition and plot remarks: a blackhawk films release of a nearly lost film. source mater ...
dave willis was an actor who had a brief film career pre war. he looks a bit like stan laurel, with hardys moustache. there the comparison ends. sadly this film is dated and unfunny. the story such as it is relates to a gang of crooks committing insurance frauds. an early appearance by pat zkirkwood is the only bright spot in this film .
you know, i may not be king of my castle, but i certainly wouldn' t allow my wife to wear any pants. hmmm. i' d like to see my old woman throwing things around. it' s disgraceful. never heard of such goings - off, on. you know, if my ball - and - chain ever talked to me, if she even dared to raise her... do you know what i' d say? ... i' d say. hello, honey. i... (he does a double - take) well, you think it over. i' ll see you in the morning. (stan meekly rises and dutifully follows after his wife. )
simple live action and animation went back to silent - film days, but mr. kelly & apos; s idea involved color and intricate dance steps for himself and the cartoon characters, and required complex laboratory and processing work .
early in the film ollie asks the butler to bring him some fresh toast, but this seems to have been forgotten .
gene kelly first won stardom on broadway, in the musical
pal joey .
in hollywood, he sang, danced, acted, choreographed and directed. here are some highlights of his career .
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in 1941, he left for hollywood, where he was to bring a new vitality to dance on film and help change the whole concept of movie musicals .
he was later able to major in economics at the university of pittsburgh and received a degree in 1933, but jobs were scarce and he went to work for a dancing school partly owned by his mother. two years later, the school was renamed the gene kelly studio of the dance and soon a successful branch was opened in johnstown .
this is a 400 foot film of laughing gravy in spanish. this is the spanish version where l & h; actually speak spanish .
sons of the desert (1933) is a classic stan laurel and oliver hardy comedy - the fourth of their full - length feature films, and possibly their funniest (the other contender is way out west (1937) ). their slapstick brand of comedy straddled the silent and talkie eras. it was entirely neglected for academy awards in its year of eligibility .
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singin & apos; in the rain ,
released in 1952, was one of the last of the big mgm musicals and it was, said vincent canby, film critic of the new york times, in a 1975 appraisal ,
a movie masterpiece .
again teaming with mr. donen, mr. kelly helped to direct and choreograph the affectionate spoof of the start of the talkies era in movies. the movie made splendid use of such arthur freed - nacio herb brown songs as
you were meant for me ,
you are my lucky star
and
all i do is dream of you .
me and my pal concerns oliver hardy, who is anxious as can be on his wedding day, as he' s not only about to marry a beautiful lady but also become an
oil magnate ,
thanks to her father pete cucumber (jimmy finlayson) and his enthusiastic support for his daughter' s fiancee. just before he is about to leave for the wedding, stan laurel, hardy' s best man, arrives after ordering the flowers for the reception with a jigsaw puzzle. while hardy initially rejects it as a distraction, both men can' t help but become entranced in trying to solve the puzzle, so much so they become incredibly tardy for the wedding, worrying hardy' s bride - to - be and angering cucumber. soon, after the butler and the driver…
debbie reynolds, who was 18 at the time and had her first major role in
singin & apos; in the rain ,
had never sung or danced before, but she said years later :
i learned a lot from gene. he is a perfectionist and a disciplinarian: the most exacting director i & apos; ve worked for. and he has a good temper. every so often he would yell at me and make me cry. but it took a lot of patience for him to work with someone who had never danced before .
in 1989 ,
singin & apos; in the rain
was among the first 25 films chosen by the library of congress for its national film registry of significant motion pictures .
yep, the puzzle business blends together in my mind as a blurry whole, while the most memorable individual gags come before and after. which is perhaps not a good thing when your main set - piece has less to offer than the throwaway gags .
•the film begins at 11: 30am - as noted by the clock in the opening scene. •the wedding ceremony was scheduled to take place at the bride' s home at high noon .
them thar hills 16mm agfa gevaert film classics print. beautiful picture. even has the mgm lion roar over the opening laurel and hardy title. no lines or splices. photos from the actual print. this is ...
a halfburner. what seemed like a great idea turned out to be one of those things that plays better in your mind. sitting around doing a puzzle reveals itself to be pretty dull, even if you have two of the most brilliant film comics doing it. this is the kind of film that needs a lot of punctuation gags and little bits of business in between the puzzle - solving. weak ending. not nearly as involving as it should be. and yet, like so many of their shorts, it is enjoyable. ollie' s solo scene of listening to the radio steals the whole show for me. who else but oliver hardy could make listening to the radio funny ?
it looks like the wedding is off. it looks like mr. hardy' s career trajectory as an executive has taken a turn. oh, and remember that telegram? it looks like a fortune was lost. never put your trust in horse collar futures, or your closest pal, mr. laurel .
in addition to his movies, which included
the pirate ,
brigadoon
and the drama
inherit the wind ,
mr. kelly was also a star on broadway, where he created the title role of the heel as hero in
pal joey ,
choreographed
best foot forward
and directed rodgers and hammerstein & apos; s
flower drum song .
mr. kelly & apos; s ability to meld singing and dancing with characterization and the demands of the play & apos; s plot attracted so much notice that david o. selznick signed him to an exclusive hollywood contract. at the time, mr. kelly was appearing in
pal joey
at night and by day choreographing the broadway musical hit
best foot forward .
mr. kelly did not decide to try his luck in new york until 1938, when he was 27 years old. his first job was as a broadway chorus boy in 1938 & apos; s
leave it to me ,
dancing while mary martin sang
my heart belongs to daddy ,
but the next year he won critical acclaim for his featured role as the comic hoofer in william saroyan & apos; s play
the time of your life .
in 1949, mr. kelly made two films with frank sinatra ,
take me out to the ball game
and one of his all - time hits ,
on the town ,
which he directed and choreographed with mr. donen and filmed mostly on location in new york city. mr. kelly, whose co - stars included betty garrett, ann miller and vera - ellen, turned the film into an exhilarating, joyful experience that began with the brassy
new york, new york (it & apos; s a helluva town )
opening number and never let up in its mood of pervasive effervescence .
it may come as a surprise to know that even though most of the film centres around ollie and stan with the jigsaw routine, my favourite bit features neither of them. during the fight sequence traffic cop james c. morton comes off worse for instigating the riot and takes some comical knocks to his head. firstly by james finlayson, and then later in this scene when the two dunns (not related by the way) are brawling on the floor. morton steps in to break it up and gets a smack to the chin by eddie dunn for his troubles. i think the sound effect helps !
several years ago the ucla film and television archive launched a major effort to restore the laurel and hardy short subjects and feature films from the best surviving 35mm materials. these films have been neglected and mistreated over the years to an alarming degree, so the task has been formidable. longtime l & h fan jeff joseph made it his mission to change all of that, which required both money and determination .
that success led to his being cast in
pal joey ,
the 1940 rodgers and hart musical, in which he played the unscrupulous central character so convincingly that john martin, a critic for the new york times, said ,
he is not only glib - footed, but he has a feeling for comment and content that give his dancing personal distinction and raise it several notches as a dancing art .
ollie: of course she' ll let you go. why, she' ll have to let you go. you took an oath! stan: i know. that' s what i' m worrying about. the exhausted ruler said that if... you took an oath, that it would have to be broken for... generations and... centuries of... hundreds of years and my wife would let... ollie (scornfully): do you have to ask your wife everything? stan: well, if i didn' t ask her, i wouldn' t know what she wanted me to do... ollie: i never realized that such a deplorable condition existed in your home. why don' t you pattern your life after mine? i go places and do things, and then tell my wife. every man should be the king in his own castle .
mr. kelly & apos; s highly developed sense of the possibilities of dance on film invigorated classic musicals like
anchors aweigh ,
on the town ,
an american in paris
and
singin & apos; in the rain .
blackhawk / eastin - phelan. starring laurel & hardy. reel is 10
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1932 16mm film laurel and. starring stan laurel oliver hardy. hardy
the music box
1100’. release date april 16, 1932 (us). music by harry graham marvin hatley. language english. written by h. m. walk ...
what kind of present would stanley buy to ollie, who will soon get married? he would probably buy something very important, like a jig - saw puzzle. the puzzle would be a great present, because if ollie is married he and stan could not go out anymore. they could still try to solve that puzzle. good thinking, stan! in this film not much is happening, because that stupid present takes all interest from everything else. much fun is then due to that absurd situation and therefore this film should be seen as a warning of the complete waste of time that a jig - saw puzzle induces. laurel and hardy have done much better films than this but even this simple story shows how proficient they were. this is still a good film, because they manage to keep it simple and not overdo anything .
and to contribute to the laurel and hardy preservation fund at ucla, click here .
mrs. hardy ends her harsh, forcible opinions about how she is under - appreciated by threatening :
convention! you' ll go to the convention over my dead body .
she breaks a large vase over ollie' s head. even so, ollie tries to downplay his wife' s rejection to stan :
aw, don' t pay any attention to her. she' s only clowning. she' ll snap out of it .
a second vase is projected through the air, striking him in the back of the head. with a meek and soft - spoken voice, stan baits his pal :
i don & apos; t really know why i clicked ,
mr. kelly said many years later .
i didn & apos; t want to be a dancer. i just did it to work my way through college. but i was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally .
mr. kelly & apos; s last major musicals at mgm were
brigadoon
( 1954), a disappointment, and
it & apos; s always fair weather (1955) and
les girls
( 1957), which were both hits. in the 1950 & apos; s, he also appeared in
deep in my heart ,
marjorie morningstar
and
the devil makes three ,
and he produced and directed
the happy road ,
tunnel of love
and other movies .
this film was a milestone ,
he said in 1977 .
it was the first musical to be shot on location. we took the musical off the sound stage and showed that it could be realistic. the idea of doing such a thing was anathema to the studio moguls. we shot a lot of it in new york and showed sailors getting off their ship in the brooklyn navy yard and singing and dancing through the streets of new york. you can & apos; t imagine how crazy everybody thought this was at the time, but it changed the face of musicals. the picture has dated a bit, but it & apos; s the closest to my heart .
hi patricia! this is a lovely post on an incredibly charming film. i loved this part ,
mr. laurel, whose grasp of time is as tenuous as his grasp of wedding gifts .
great job (as always) !
he has potentially just lost two million dollars. stan decides to leave his pal alone and goes to exit when something catches his eye. it' s the missing piece of the jigsaw they couldn' t find earlier. straight away, he is down on the floor trying to put the puzzle back together. ollie forcibly ejects him from the house then completely loses it, kicking and throwing the pieces of the puzzle all over the place .
an integral part of the film was a 17 - minute ballet conceived by mr. kelly and the director, vincente minnelli, as a means of showing the impact paris has on the hero. costumes, sets and dance movements for the ballet were borrowed from the styles of such artists as dufy, renoir, utrillo, rousseau, van gogh and toulouse - lautrec and the music danced to by mr. kelly and leslie caron was george gershwin & apos; s
american in paris
suite .
it wasn & apos; t a battle of dancers, but our different styles were purposely made apparent ,
mr. kelly said .
my style is strong, wide open; fred & apos; s is intimate, cool, easy. he can give an audience pleasure just by walking across a dance floor .
ollie (frustrated): that settles it. i' m not going to honolulu. mrs. hardy: oh yes, you are. you' re going to honolulu if you have to go alone! ollie: well, if i have to go to honolulu alone, he' s going with me! (he indicates stan. )
we have been so used to viewing the boys on video, that it was a real pleasure last evening to see it on the big screen at a meeting of the l & h appreciation society. this film is a real riot with all the gags centered around ollie' s wedding present from stan - a jigsaw puzzle. the gags work after almost 70 years because it could have just as well have been a nitendo game in one of the modern - day sitcom. if this film is available on video, and if you are a l & h fan, i strongly urge you to either rent or purchase a copy .
stan makes himself right at home - he takes a magazine, sits down, and reaches for an ornamental wax piece of fruit. after helping himself and taking a few bites out of it with gusto - and then scratching his head in his characteristic way without noticing anything unusual, ollie informs his dumb pal :
why that' s not real fruit! it' s imitation. it' s made of wax !
mrs. hardy points out :
oh, so that' s where it' s been going. that' s the third apple i' ve missed this week .
mostly comedies, experimental, and animation. heavy on the 1920' s and 1930' s, especially buster keaton, laurel & hardy, and the little rascals. …
one of mr. kelly & apos; s most memorable dance performances came in the seven - minute
slaughter on 10th avenue
ballet sequence in
words and music ,
a 1948 movie that was only subliminally based on the lives of richard rodgers and lorenz hart. most critics agreed that about the only thing to cheer about the film was the rodgers ballet, in which mr. kelly was partnered with vera - ellen .
stan and ollie are married to each other' s sisters, and plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries .
enter the bridegroom' s bosom pal; purchaser of flowers, keeper of the ring, and bearer of the perfect wedding gift. mr. laurel, distressed by mr. hardy' s envisioned future of foregoing nights on the town, has thoughtful provided him with a jigsaw puzzle. mr. hardy, rightfully so, considers this gift to be a nonstarter. it would not be worth taking the time to explain this to mr. laurel as the inestimable hives has ordered the cab to rush the participants to the ceremony .
in the 1930 & apos; s, when i started, martha graham was the only dancer doing anything modern, but she did it all to classical music. i couldn & apos; t see myself doing & apos; swan lake & apos; every night, and i wanted to develop a truly american style. the only dancer in the movies at that time with any success was fred astaire, but he did very small, elegant steps in a top hat, white tie and tails. i was too big physically for that kind of dancing, and i looked better in a sweatshirt and loafers anyway. it wasn & apos; t elegant, but it was me .
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stan and ollie give evidence which convicts vicious gangster butch. they plan to leave town and advertise for a traveling companion to share expenses. butch' s girl replies to the advert and... see full summary »
stan and ollie do battle with inanimate objects, their co - workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at the sawmill .
in
cover girl ,
co - starring with rita hayworth in 1944 on loan to columbia pictures, mr. kelly & apos; s career took off. with the aid of stanley donen, with whom he was to direct and choreograph several movies in years to follow, mr. kelly developed the celebrated
alter ego
solo dance with his ectoplasmic self, the character & apos; s conscience. photographed separately, then combined on a single strip of film, the two kelly images seemed to pursue each other up and down flights of steps, to threaten each other and leap over each other & apos; s heads .
a third vase hits the same target, crowning the argument once and for all. mrs. hardy rushes into the room and snatches the bowl of ornamental fruit away from stan' s vicinity. know - it - all stan counsels ollie :
if you' re not careful, she' s going to get the upper hand of you. now mark my words .
stan' s wife betty (dorothy christy), who has arrived home from duck - hunting with a rifle in her hand, walks into the room behind them, framed between the two husbands. while her husband is unaware of her presence, she overhears his advice :
mr. kelly said later :
in my first picture, i made a startling discovery. things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. on the stage, dancing is three - dimensional, but a motion picture is two - dimensional. also, i felt the dancer in films had never had the opportunity to probe emotional and acting problems adequately. so i tried to do things uniquely cinematic, that you couldn & apos; t do on a stage. call it & apos; cine - dancing, & apos; or whatever, but i tried to invent the dance to fit the camera and its movements .
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a cop, a cabbie, a butler, a bridegroom and a best man .
for once, a dance on the screen is not merely a specialty but actually develops character and advances plot ,
wrote a new york times critic. the alter ego sequence and others in
cover girl
significantly advanced the use of movie song - and - dance numbers that evolve naturally from the plot and the action on screen .
their ploy works as anticipated - the doctor recommends a trip to honolulu (
a long ocean voyage, with plenty of tropical air and sun
) -
the only cure .
since mrs. hardy is sea - sick prone and can' t cruise on the ocean, her presence is forbidden. when ollie suggests that he will
stay home and suffer
if she can' t go, mrs. hardy insists that he go
just as the doctor says .
ollie looks at stan and suggests that stan accompany him :
i' ve got to have someone take care of me .
stan almost wrecks their scheme by stupidly mentioning he can' t accompany ollie to honolulu, because he has been given his wife' s permission to attend the convention in chicago :
i can' t go to honolulu... i' m going to the convention .
mrs. hardy insists that ollie go anyway :
i grew up watching laurel and hardy every day on local television. that’s when i fell in love with stan and ollie, as did millions of other baby boomers. little did i dream back then that the prints were inferior, the newly - shot credits full of spelling errors and missing clever graphics and optical effects. here is one example of what i saw as a kid and what has been done to restore the original opening: come clean .
ollie: you see, the sons of the desert are giving their annual convention in chicago next week, and stan and i are going. mrs. hardy: oh you are. ollie: we thought the trip would do us good. besides being good for us in a business way, you see, we' ll meet new friends, and and and and see a lot of new faces, and the change of climate will be good for us in a good many ways. and besides,' all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.' stan: jack who? mrs. hardy: why, i hope you have a nice time, dear. ollie: thank you sugar. mrs. hardy: ha, ha! ollie: what' s that for? mrs. hardy: just this. you' re not going! ollie: what do you mean, i' m not going? mrs. hardy: just that. you' re not going to the convention. you' re going to the mountains with me! stan: but he can' t go to the mountains. you see, he took an oath. and the exhausted ruler said that... mrs. hardy: now listen, dodo, you keep out of this. ollie: wait a minute, sugar. there' s no use getting excited. you' re making a mountain out of a molehill. stan: certainly life isn' t short enough .
the actress and director both love the genre, but as they told indiewire, they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
' 28 two tars - laurel and hardy - blackhawk. this is a 16mm b & w; / silent (double perl) print of the laurel and hardy classic
two tars
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eugene curran kelly was born on aug. 23, 1912, in pittsburgh. his mother insisted that all five of the kelly children take music and dance lessons, and in high school mr. kelly continued dance lessons while also playing on the football and hockey teams. his education at pennsylvania state college was interrupted by the depression, and his first job was teaching gymnastics at a summer camp for boys .
ollie is in the midst of being married, which will then lead to a big promotion when stanley brings over this puzzle. the puzzle occupies everybody' s time, thus the cause for all the laughs in this fun short with the puzzle becoming an object that is revered by all who come in contact with it. wonderful sequence with 6 people hovering over the puzzle at one time, like children. needless to say, ollie didn' t get married, but the film did end with stan finding the missing piece to the puzzle .
laurel and hardy are coming back to theater screens beginning this weekend in los angeles, and that’s cause for celebration. if you’re already a fan, come and enjoy yourself; if you have kids or grandkids, be sure to bring them along. every young person deserves to experience great comedy like this. here is the schedule for the egyptian theatre in hollywood and the aero in santa monica, with details about screenings and special guests. and this just in: the opening night show on friday at the egyptian will also include the rediscovered silent short the battle of the century, featuring the comedy duo’s legendary pie fight .
lane and schoenbrun discuss how her interest in morgellons disease patients (“the pain of others”) and his exploration of the slenderman myth (“a self - induced hallucination”) led them to make archival films from youtubes .
for sale is a 16mm print of laurel and hardy in below zero. this is a blackhawk print .
things at the hardy household have but one focus this day and it is not a wedding. the jigsaw puzzle has taken over and is now the fascination of mr. hardy, mr. laurel, the cabbie, the inestimable hives and a police officer. a police officer? yes. the cabbie had parked by a fire hydrant and his engrossment in the puzzle is such that he doesn' t even mind a ticket .
the plot was lifted from an old english musical hall skit and serves as a great vehicle for the boys .
a gifted dancer with his own vibrant style, he also flourished as an innovative choreographer and director in the 1940 & apos; s and 50 & apos; s, the heyday of the big, splashy hollywood musical .
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both boys (and their wives) live next door to each other (
mr. and mrs. stanley laurel ,
and
mr. oliver hardy & wife
). at their two doorsteps, after getting confused about who lives where, ollie encourages stan :
now buck up. go in and tell her you' re going to the convention. be a man, and i' ll see you in the morning .
inside his own house, ollie is confronted by his formidable wife mrs. lottie chase hardy (mae busch), whom he sweetly calls
sugar .
after learning that stan' s wife betty is duck - hunting and that he has just locked himself out of his own house, ollie receives permission from his wife for stan to come in and wait until she returns .
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starring stan laurel, oliver hardy. so stan and oliver rent a boat and set sail, unaware that escaped killer. 16mm optical sound. oliver into a violent fit. dr. finlayson prescribes a long, restful se ...
the cops are alerted and they arrive to arrest everybody for the disturbance. everybody that is, except for our boys who have taken to hiding under the upturned sofa (stan) and up the chimney (ollie). it is obvious that the wedding is now off and surely that should be ollie' s worst news of the day. but he gets to read the telegram which arrived for him a short while ago and the news doesn' t get much better for him. ollie' s investment in the great international horsecollar stock has taken a teremendous crash in the market and burned .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
he nevertheless said he believed the public could be taught to appreciate dance, and late in 1958 conceived, wrote, narrated and danced in an nbc - tv special called
dancing is a man & apos; s game ,
in which he used athletes to demonstrate the sheer physicality and manliness of dance, often viewed by americans as an effete art. that same year, mr. kelly returned to broadway to direct the hit rodgers and hammerstein musical
flower drum song ,
stan and ollie are down on their luck and beg at an old lady' s house for food. while they are eating they overhear a villainous landlord (finlayson) threatening to evict her if she does not... see full summary »
gene kelly, the dancer, actor, director and choreographer who brought a vigorous athleticism, casual grace and an earthy masculinity to the high romance of lavish hollywood musicals, died yesterday at his home in beverly hills, calif. he was 83 .
to learn more about the restoration effort, read what susan king has reported in this interesting column: laurel and hardy restored .
oliver' s house is in a shambles after a wild party, and his wife is due home at noon. he calls stanley to help him fix the place up, and the typical catastrophies ensue. somehow, however, ... see full summary »
the boys are in the foreign legion and cause all kinds of problems. great family fun! the best of luck to you !
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the clueless, incompetent pair portrayed bumbling, innocent, derby - hatted fools in a hostile world: the thin, easy - going, but forever - victimized and dim - witted stan, known for scratching his head with a bewildered look, whimpering, and speaking with a slight british accent; and the fat, wide - babyfaced, tie - fiddling ollie, continually exasperated with his partner .
meanwhile back at the manse, peter cucumber, oil magnate and father of the bride, is getting annoyed. the guests have been waiting, the bride has been weeping and mr. laurel has sent a memorial wreath as his flowery contribution. peter cucumber has plans for that wreath and he heads over to mr. hardy' s residence determined to get the wedding underway or know the reason why .
•after ollie instructs his butler to get his hat and coat there is no dialogue whatsoever for 2 minutes 26 seconds until the cab arrives .
•the address of the house is given as 6311 old fashioned way. it is first heard over the police radio and then later confirmed when
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his longtime publicity agent, warren cowan, said mr. kelly had never fully recovered from strokes he suffered in 1994 and last year .
in the title number, a love - struck mr. kelly, with an umbrella as his principal prop, sang and splashed ecstatically and obliviously through a downpour on an all - but - deserted street. the sequence is widely regarded as a classic piece of cinematic choreography .
for the charming sequence, mr. kelly first danced against a plain blue background, then animators filmed the mouse song - and - dance portion. what audiences saw was a composite picture made from the two separate films, with man and mouse happily dancing and singing. the procedure is common now, even in television commercials, but in the mid - 1940 & apos; s it was hailed as a cinematic breakthrough .
in the hospital with a broken leg ollie is visited by stan, who brings him hard - boiled eggs, nuts, and total mayhem .
ollie is fast becoming infuriated with the time wasting and instructs the cop to get people moving. they get back into the taxi where ollie asks to make sure stan has the ring. stan searches his pockets for it and pulls out a piece of the jigsaw before rushing back inside .
another very simple premise that begins small and slowly and then wonderfully percolates until the inevitable blow up. the boys are joined by a few identifiable characters, most notably mr. james finlayson, as the father of the bride, mr. peter cucumber - - you know the oil magnate .
at the ceremony the doorbell rings and in walks delivery boy charlie hall armed with a wreaf. the host explodes and immediately makes his way to the house of mr. hardy to demand an explanation. in the mean time a telegram arrives for ollie, delivered by a cross - eyed messenger (
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it’s the morning of oliver’s wedding. while waiting for the taxi to take them to the ceremony, oliver and his best man stanley become absorbed in a jigsaw puzzle. eventually the taxi driver, the butler, a policeman and a messenger boy all get involved with the puzzle, delaying oliver’s departure .
in an episode dedicated to the show within the show, “glow” illustrates its grand capacity for storytelling, and the very good tv podcast breaks down how .
the movie revolves around two plot elements: (1) ollie’s impending marriage, which will make him a son - in - law to a rich oil magnate (james finlayson !) and secure his future wealth; and (2) a jigsaw puzzle that stan gives to ollie as his idea of a big wedding present. (this is, after all, the man who brought hard - boiled eggs and nuts to a bedstricken ollie in county hospital .) stan’s rationalization is, “well, you’ll be at home nights more, and i thought it would be something for us to play with” (emphasis mine) .
' 28 you' re darn tootin' - laurel and hardy - blackhawk. this is a 16mm b & w; / silent (double perl) print of the laurel and hardy classic
you' re darn tootin
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color scenes of laurel and hardy, from the sadly lost rogue song! nice color, new lab, no scratches or splices, no vs this is a gem .
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•the taxi company is the yellow cab company; taxi number is 219, and has the code le 4200 - the same number as seen on eddie dunn' s cap .
but some of mr. kelly & apos; s most popular and artistically successful films were yet to come. in 1951 ,
an american in paris ,
in which he received sole star billing, won eight academy awards, including best picture of the year, and a special oscar for mr. kelly for his contributions to screen choreography .
. stan assures his best friend that he has everything in readiness for the day to run smoothly, including the ring, the flowers and the railroad tickets. of course, ollie cannot fail to notice the package under stan' s arms and enquires as to what it is. stan has bought him a jigsaw puzzle because he wants them to have something to play with once he is married. ollie reminds him that their playing days will soon be over and that he will no longer have the time to entertain such falderdash .
james c morton pushes eddie dunn into the radio knocking off a vase of flowers and the picture hanging above it ends up crooked but after the tussle they' re both neat .
mr. laurel, whose grasp of time is as tenuous as his grasp of wedding gifts, has become distracted by the jigsaw puzzle. mr. hardy as well is drawn into the whirlpool of swirling colours and the search for straight - edged pieces. it is the way of jigsaw puzzles that they seize the mind and soul of all who come within sight of their tantalizing mysteries .
after the exalted ruler looks at them with a stony glare, he is able to continue his speech :
this oasis must face the situation with determination. every man must be accounted for. every man must do his part. there must be no weaklings in our midst. we must put our very hearts and souls into this great undertaking. there must be no thought of failure. we must stand shoulder to shoulder. we must work. we must sacrifice. the weak must be helped by the strong .
ollie looks at stan to emphasize the point. the ruler fervently tells the group that they all (
100 percent
) must attend the annual national convention in chicago the following week. all members are required to rise and take an oath to pledge and commit to attend. once taken, the solemn oath
has never been broken by any man down through the centuries of time in the history of this fraternal organization .
stan looks a little skeptical, worried and doubtful that he can take the pledge, and he considers sitting down. ollie pulls stan to his feet, exhorting him to not falter and back out .
it is the morning of ollie' s wedding. in a half - hour' s time he will be marrying the daughter of a famous oil tycoon, the one and only peter cucumber (
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now, wait a minute. you listen to this. i want this understood once and for all. i' m not going to the convention. i' m going to the mountains .
ollie, of course, dismisses the thought of “such childish folderol” — until stan starts working on the puzzle and ollie gets caught up in it. eventually, the puzzle draws in the cab driver, a policeman, the future father - in - law, and a telegram delivery boy, whose “important telegram for mr. hardy” stan shoves into his pocket so that he can continue with the puzzle .
•the jigsaw puzzle is no. 86 and has an expected working time of 2 hours. the illustration used for the jigsaw puzzle is a 1930 brown & bigelow print named
white feather ,
an illustration creat
mr. kelly & apos; s choreographic inventiveness was credited with the success of the trail - blazing live - dance - with - animation sequence in
anchors aweigh
in 1945. he had a hard time persuading mgm officials that they should spend $ 100, 000 and two months shooting an eight - minute number, in which he would dance with jerry the mouse from the
tom and jerry
cartoon series .
in 1960, mr. kelly was invited to write and choreograph for the paris opera ballet troupe a zesty modern jazz ballet, which he set to gershwin & apos; s
concerto in f .
he gave the ballet the punning title
pas de dieux ,
and he received 23 curtain calls after its premiere. a pas de deux he created for the san francisco ballet in 1982 was not as enthusiastically greeted .
objections are expressed regarding the search and, naturally, these objections lead to a free - for - all. a brawl of epic proportions occurs which involves more police officers. these new enforcers of the law who have arrived on the scene are less interested in jigsaw puzzles than their comrade in blue. hence, the brawlers are escorted to the local hoosegow with the exception of the well hidden mr. laurel and mr. hardy.
me and my pal is a 1933 pre-code short film starring laurel and hardy , directed by lloyd french and charles rogers , and produced by hal roach . in 2016 , it was one of several laurel and hardy films to be restored by the ucla film and television archive . 
me and my pal is a 1933 pre-code short film starring laurel and hardy, directed by lloyd french and charles rogers, and produced by hal roach. in 2016, it was one of several laurel and hardy films to be restored by the ucla film and television archive.
me and my pal is a 1933 pre-code short film starring laurel and hardy, directed by lloyd french and charles rogers, and produced by hal roach. in 2016, it was one of several laurel and hardy films to be restored by the ucla film and television archive.