Laurel & Hardy II (Way Out West / Block-Heads / Chickens Come Home)
by James W. Horne, John G. Blystone
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Actor: James Finlayson, Mae Busch, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Thelma ToddDirector: James W. Horne, John G. Blystone
Writer: Arnold Belgard
Writer: Arthur V. Jones
Writer: Charley Rogers
Writer: Felix Adler
Writer: H.M. Walker
Writer: Hal Roach
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 152 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Laurel & Hardy II (Way Out West / Block-Heads / Chickens Come Home)
Movie Review: The Best Laurel and Hardy Movies
Summary: 5 Stars
Way Out West and Blockheads are 2 of the best L&H movies. These were long 'shorts" running under an hour - the laughs are non stop. The crazy antics, Hardy doing incredible stunts, these 2 films were during the Hal Roach hey day and I strongly recommend anyone who has never seen and L&H film to start with these 2 first. For those that think they are like Abbott and Costello, think again. If you like A&C films, than no doubt - you will be laughing your a$$ off on these 2 movies. Way Out West is just an incredibly funny comedy. I have the Australian DVD set of this which blows away any other version - I wish they would be released here in the USA because the transfers are top notch and there are fans that are tired of public domain grainy prints of these movies..
Summary of Laurel & Hardy II (Way Out West / Block-Heads / Chickens Come Home)
The combination of choleric, combustible Oliver Hardy and mild, perpetually helpful Stan Laurel sustained dozens upon dozens of comedies, including the popular Way Out West. What makes this hour-long feature stand out is not just the physical hijinks (of which there are plenty), but the moments of surprising elegance, like a supple soft-shoe duet accompanied by what can only be called cowboy doo-wop. The plot concerns keeping the deed to a gold mine out of the hands of a greedy saloonkeeper (frequent comic foil James Finlayson), but it's just a pretext for gleeful slapstick orchestrations. Laurel & Hardy II also includes the underrated Block-Heads, another hour-long feature which starts out in the trenches of World War I and ends in a 13th floor apartment in New York; domestic strife and even lost limbs become fodder for jokes, yet the movie never feels cruel or ghoulish. It's the lightheartedness of their brutal mishaps that marks their success. Both features are from the late 1930s. An additional short from 1931, Chickens Come Home, features Hardy running for mayor and trying to squelch his past indiscretions, with Laurel as his right-hand man. No matter the circumstances, they wear bowler hats; wherever they go, madcap devastation follows. --Bret FetzerComedy DVD Video
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