Laurel and hardy bonnie scotland dvd, 2010 for sale. They became well known during the late 1920s to the mid1940s for their slapstick comedy, with laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully hardy. Produced by mgm and the pairs mentor, hal roach, this eightreel comedy proved to be laurel and hardys most profitable film to date. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, june lang, william janney. Bonnie scotland heroes of the regiment 1935 rotten tomatoes. The film s main problem is its uncomfortable grafting of the boys comedy onto a. Stan and ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the northwest frontier in india on a dangerous mission. Laurel and hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 1921 and 1951. Laurel and hardy dance bonny schottland 1935 youtube. Bonnie scotland 1935 bonnie scotland marks a turning point in the career of stan laurel and oliver hardy because, after four years of mixing an occasional feature film with their output of comedy shorts, the team now turned exclusively to features.
The complete filmography of laurel and hardy shorts and films. You will see how highlanders regimental march and discipline is. Even though its titled bonnie scotland it has very little to do with scotland. The film was later reworked into the plot of the 1942 film brooklyn orchid a hal roachs streamliner, starring william bendix and joe sawyer. The film becomes overwhelmed by itself and just gives up. This was her only part in an english language laurel and hardy film. It was produced by hal roach for hal roach studios. One funny clip from the laurel and hardy classic movie bonnie scotland. Details about stan laurel oliver hardy original vintage bonnie scotland hal roach mgm photo. Stan laurel, oliver hardy, dennis king, thelma todd, james finlayson. The only problem shes very much in love with her husband. Laurel and hardy in bonnie scotland today is the anniversary of the release date of the laurel and hardy feature bonnie scotland 1935.
With stan laurel, oliver hardy, jean parker, reginald gardiner. I was really pleased with the quality of the picture on this dvd. The first half hour of bonnie scotland is good for some mild chuckles, but not much more. Bonnie scotland movie 1935 laurel and hardy video dailymotion. Laurel and hardy 103674 picture available as photo or poster, buy original products from movie market. Bonnie scotland is a 1935 american film directed by james w. Bonnie scotland 1935 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This laurel and hardy film is probably a spoof of a film called the lives of a bengal lancer that was released earlier the same year. Susan boyles first audition i dreamed a dream britains got talent duration. Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeepers daughter in paris. Some laurel and hardy films have awful picture quality but i was very impressed. Laurel and hardy, the worlds most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song a grueling theatre tour of postwar britain.
Laurel and hardy clip from bonnie scotland youtube. Horne and starring stan laurel, oliver hardy, william janney, vernon steele, james finlayson. Even when funny things are happening, the pace is so slow, the film plays like a collection of outtakes from oliver the eighth or the laurelhardy murder case. List doesnt include work the duo didnt do together. The working titles of this film were kilts, laurel and hardy of india and mclaurel and mchardy. The titles that are links lead to feature pages on the actual film. Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts, a 45 sound shorts, and 27 fulllength sound feature films. It isnt until the boys cook a fish in their room that things start to perk up. Although the film begins in scotland, a large part of the action is set in india.
She died on august 11, 1931, a month before the film s release. The water sneezing, the fish burning, the mirage, the street sweeping dance and the final buzzing bees finish. While cleaning the office of a detective agency, janitors laurel and hardy answer a telephone call from an inventor who claims to have created a. In their first screen appearance together, stan plays a penniless dog lover and oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour.
If you enjoy their other films and comedy shorts then check this out. Not one of their better featurelength films, but not their worst. The devils brother is a better film overall, with some good acting from the rest of the cast and interesting subplots, while bonnie scotland has a lame romantic subplot but in. June lang and william janney are the romantic leads, but unfortunately their roles are rather shallow and unsympathetic. Bonnie scotland original movie photo stan laurel oliver. The commentery was a mine full of information and the special features were really interesting, i would highly recommend this dvd to laurel and hardy and film fans.
The story is a bit silly but expected for a laurel and hardy film. Thankfully, stan and ollies scenes are good enough to keep the film moving and. A straightup gag here as stan and oliver in this case mclaurel and hardy consider their plight, having come to scotland for stans inheritance, and learning it consists of bagpipes and a snuff box, in bonnie scotland, 1935 view the tcmdb entry for bonnie scotland 1935. Anyway the film is great i did not have it in my collection and now i have. Laurel and hardy bonnie scotland video dailymotion. Apr 26, 2015 laurel and hardy in bonnie scotland talking film 1935. You can use this as a guide to building up your collection. B in addition to these, laurel and hardy appeared in at least 20 foreignlanguage versions of their films and a promotional film, galaxy of stars 1936, made for. Laurel and hardy clip from bonnie scotland duration. Laurel and hardy cuckoo the best documentary ever made about.
Bonnie scotland was heavily edited from its original form, which explains its muddled construction. The flying deuces 1939 comedy, drama, war stan laurel, oliver hardy film gorillas. The devils brother is a comic version of an old operetta with laurel and hardy as bumbling servants of notorious bandit fra diavolo the devils brother, and bonnie scotland has the boys traveling to scotland and accidentally joining the queens army and being shipped off to india. The big noise is a 1944 comedy film starring stan laurel and oliver hardy. The delightful bonnie scotland 1935 is a misadventure that takes the boys to scotland and india. While bonnie scotland doesnt qualify as a classic, its still lots of fun for laurel and hardy fans. To forget her he joins the foreign legion with stan. Laurel and hardy in bonnie scotland talking film 1935 with. In this classic, the boys break out of jail and stowaway on a cattle boat to get to scotland to collect stans inheritance, left to.
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