TCM Archives: The Laurel and Hardy Collection (The Devil's Brother / Bonnie Scotland)
by Charley Rogers, Hal Roach, James W. Horne
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Actor: Dennis King, James Finlayson, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Thelma ToddDirector: Charley Rogers, Hal Roach, James W. Horne
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Charley Rogers
Writer: James W. Horne
Writer: Albert Austin
Writer: Eugène Scribe
Writer: Frank Butler
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 268 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 67888
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson.
- Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC.
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono). Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
- Not Rated. Run Time: 268 minutes.
Movie Reviews of TCM Archives: The Laurel and Hardy Collection (The Devil's Brother / Bonnie Scotland)
Movie Review: Stan & Ollie clown in operettas & the Scottish army
Summary: 5 Stars
Showcasing two of Laurel & Hardy's Hal Roach-produced MGM comedies, this collection is a joy to watch. My favorite of the two is "Fra Diavolo" (The Devil's Brother), arguably the best of L&H's "operetta" features. This stylish period piece has wandering souls Stanlio & Ollio trying to impersonate the notorious singing bandit "Fra Diavolo" (played with impish tongue-in-cheek flair by Dennis King), only to get caught by the real bandit himself. He ultimately spares their lives (after an amusing bit in which he sentences Stan to hang his friend Ollie) & makes them his servants. The bulk of the plot has King (in his civilian aristocrat guise) romancing & separating a fair lady (the great Thelma Todd) from her loutish husband (James Finlayson) and especially her valuable jewels. The great news is that the plot never intrudes on L&H's screen moments as they're given plenty of elbow room to clown. It's chalk full of wonderful L&H moments: Stan driving Ollie crazy with the "earsie-kneesie-nosie" game; the boys siphoning wine from a barrel, with less going in the jug & more into Stan, with the expected results; and the boys caught in a laughing fit, amazingly milked for all its worth.
"Bonnie Scotland" was the team's official farewell to shorts. This feature film is handsomely produced (the Indian prince's mansion is particularly impressive) and begins appropriately with the boys making their screen entrance as a Scottish blacksmith hammers out their theme song on an anvil. Stan is heir to a fortune & the boys arrive in Scotland to collect. True to L&H's luck, they are handed nothing but a bagpipe, and their luck only worsens as they proceed to nearly destroy their lodgings & accidentally sign up for the Scottish army, which is en route to India. The film is an uneven mix as the boys are obligated to share screen time with a complicated boy-girl romance. But when they are on screen, they produce some of the funniest moments, particularly while exasperating their easily-combustible sargeant (James Finlayson again, uttering his trademark "DOH!").
Included is some interesting commentary from recent film critics & historians about the team. While fans have been frustrated that no one has given the team their ultimate tribute with an extensive & "official" film collection (as they've been re-packaged to infinity), this small DVD collection will certainly do!
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