Post by FilmFlaneur on Feb 8, 2017 14:18:38 GMT
Well, no respecting comedy board can be without a space for Stan and Ollie can they?
Suppose we start by listing our favourite feature, and then short, starring The Boys?
Mine would be : feature - Sons of the Desert; short - Two Tars. Not only is Sons of the Desert a great film with no fat or wasted scenes but it includes a memorable song - and the great Charley Chase!
Of course being Laurel and Hardy, especially with the shorts, sometimes my favourite short is just the one I am currently watching!
Another talking point: Atoll K. L & H's final film, and supposedly a depressing (Laurel being ill during production) disaster, so much so that even die-hard fans avoid watching it. Recently though a longer version has appear restored on DVD, which together with Norbert Aping's book The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K, there's been something of a reappraisal. Views?