Laurel and Hardy Collection, Vol. 2 (A Haunting we Will Go / Dancing Masters / Bullfighters)
by Stan Laurel, Alfred L. Werker, Malcolm St. Clair
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Actor: Matt Briggs, Oliver Hardy, Robert Bailey, Stan Laurel, Trudy MarshallDirector: Alfred L. Werker, Malcolm St. Clair, Stan Laurel
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Writer: George Bricker
Writer: George O'Hara
Writer: Henry Lehrman
Writer: Lou Breslow
Writer: Scott Darling
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 193 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Laurel and Hardy Collection, Vol. 2 (A Haunting we Will Go / Dancing Masters / Bullfighters)
Movie Review: Better than I remembered
Summary: 4 Stars
Imagine such a thoughtful writer as Randy Skretvedt giving us such a load of BULL about these movies!
A Haunting We Will Go is very funny and at times very clever, with one particularly well done multiple-L&H sequence, and a great ending. It is INTERESTING to see them in a basically straight detective story, there is effectively NO romantic subplot; and when L&H are not in the picture, the supporting actors are strongly engaging.
Dancing Masters is like an anthology of L&H short subjects, with two dance sequences the only criticism toward which I offer is that they are just way too short. No, the amusement park sequence doesn't add up very well (probably the biggest mistake of the film), but the very end is logical and characterful. I certainly have no problem with Stan asking Ollie to "step outside" for a fight--not after watching Stannie fight back in old movies such as You're Darn Tootin' and One Good Turn.
The Bullfighters is absolutely vintage L&H: they are ENTIRELY their old selves; Stan plays a dual role (EXCELLENTLY); and the last 10 minutes are EFFECTIVELY edited. I really cannot understand what people have against this film. The ending creeped me out as a kid, but now it seems so outrageous and cartoonish (with highly appropriate background music) that I laugh to myself every time I think about it. Just remember all the previous Stan Laurel endings like Be Big!, Going Bye-Bye!, The Midnight Patrol, Bohemian Girl, The Live Ghost, and Thicker than Water, and this ending fits neatly and climactically into the body of stories that represent Laurel's predilection (peccadillo? [proclivity?]) for "freak endings". And forget about the grousing that Ralph Sanford isn't a believable villain--he can't be: he is supposed to be the "innocent man" of the movie, so he deserves some sympathy! And so what if the subplot is not "resolved"--it was just an excuse to rerun a classic routine that didn't get much play after its day.
So, as far as content goes, I don't think any fan of L&H should hesitate to buy and watch these films. The Bullfighters is a strong 4-1/2 star L&H movie with lots of good pantomimic acting, the other films are at least above average, and be assured there is plenty of good old L&H relationship to savor.
So, considering L&H's overall American film-career, they had a happy ending after all!
As far as the DVD set goes, Robert Badgley is right: the quality is pretty bad at times in Dancing Masters; the sound is also odd and echo-like, which took me a long time to get used to. So, to sum up: 3 stars for the first two movies, 4-1/2 for the last. Because they are not in chronological order (all the Fox films should have come out chronologically throughout both DVD box-sets), and because the picture and sound is shoddily offered in Haunting (and the ending music cuts off), I can only give this set a 3 star for quality. But I'll give 5 stars for the achievement of just letting us see these movies complete and in two nice DVD sets, this being the second of the two. Overall then, because of how fascinating it is to see these, and because of how good Bullfighters is, and because the quality is GENERALLY high, and because it completes the larger set of all the FOX L&H movies, I give this item a four-star rating. I encourage you to buy it and tell me what YOU think of these movies now that we FINALLY have the chance to see them all and make up our minds about them for ourselves!
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Summary of Laurel and Hardy Collection, Vol. 2 (A Haunting we Will Go / Dancing Masters / Bullfighters)
Episode Description: The Laurel & Hardy Collection Volume 2 contains 3 classic comedies A-Haunting We Will Go, Dancing Masters, and Bullfighters. These titles are all available for the first time on DVD in a slipcase for $34.98 & $46.98.Disk 1: A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (1942) *Full Frame Feature **Commentary by Randy Skretvedt **Movietone News **Theatrical Trailer
Disk 2: THE DANCING MASTERS (1943) *Full Frame Feature **Commentary by Scott MacGillivray **A Ship's Reporter **Grand Hotel: The 1932 Laurel & Hardy Tour **Trailers
Disk 3: BULLFIGHTERS (1945) *Full Frame Feature **Commentary by Scott MacGillivray **Laurel & Hardy: The Fox Years **Trailers
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