Derek Winnert

Blotto *** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin) – Classic Movie Review 7408

Director James Parrott’s 1930 three-reeler short film Blotto tells a quintessential Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy yarn in which, despite the ever-present vigilance of Mrs Laurel (Anita Garvin), they escape from Stan’s wife to a […]

Aug, 06 · in Reviews

Another Fine Mess *** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Thelma Todd, Charles Gerrard, Eddie Dunn, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7407

‘Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy have many ups and downs. – Mr Hardy takes charge of the upping and Mr Laurel does most of the downing.’ The title Another Fine Mess gives away director James […]

Aug, 05 · in Reviews

Night Owls ** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Edgar Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7406

Director James Parrott’s 1930 comedy short film Night Owls is the first film to use Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s celebrated theme tune, ‘The Ku-Ku Song’, written by Marvin Hatley. Edgar Kennedy plays a bungling local […]

Aug, 05

Towed in a Hole **** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 7405

Director George Marshall’s and producer Hal Roach’s hilarious 1932 comedy Towed in a Hole (released 31 December 1932) is a top-notch Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short film from around their peak, in which they […]

Aug, 05

Busy Bodies **** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tiny Sanford, Charlie Hall, Jack Hill, Dick Gilbert, Charley Young) – Classic Movie Review 7404

Director Lloyd French’s superlative 1933 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short film Busy Bodies is still laugh-out-loud slapstick comedy entertainment. It is one of their gems, written by Stan Laurel. Laurel and Hardy play woodworkers who […]

Aug, 05

The Hoose-Gow *** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin) – Classic Movie Review 7403

‘Neither Mr Laurel nor Mr Hardy had any thoughts of doing wrong. As a matter of fact, they had no thoughts of any kind.’ Director James Parrott and producer Hal Roach’s 1929 The Hoose-Gow is an amusing, outdoors […]

Aug, 05

Double Whoopee *** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow) – Classic Movie Review 7402)

Director Lewis R Foster’s 1929 Double Whoopee is a first-rate Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 20-minute black and white silent two-reeler short film, in which they play a ritzy hotel’s humble footman and doorman, who […]

Aug, 05

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