Laurel & Hardy (Vol. 1) - 3-DVD Box Set ( Mud and Sand / Enough to Do / The Lucky Dog / Hop to It! / Wizard of Oz ) ( Wandering Papas )

Laurel & Hardy (Vol. 1) - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mud and Sand / Enough to Do / The Lucky Dog / Hop to It! / Wizard of Oz
Alternate Title: Wandering Papas
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1921-1926 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Gilbert Pratt
Stan Laurel
Jess Robbins
Ted Burnsten
Larry Semon

Written By:
Tom Miranda
Edward Dillon
Carl Harbaugh
Ted Burnsten
L. Frank Baum
Frank Joslyn Baum

Actors:
Stan Laurel ..... Rhubarb Vaselino
Clyde Cook ..... The camp cook
Oliver Hardy ..... The foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Sue O'Neill ..... Susie, the hermit's daughter
Tyler Brooke ..... Onion, a bridge engineer
Adolph Milar ..... The hermit (as Adolph Millar)
Stan Laurel ..... Brash young man accused of dognapping
Florence Gillet ..... Girl in Laurel's dream
Oliver Hardy ..... Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
Jack Lloyd
Bobby Ray ..... A bellhop
Oliver Hardy ..... A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
Janet Dawn ..... Saleswoman
Frank Alexander ..... Hotel guest
Dorothy Dwan ..... Dorothy
Mary Carr ..... Aunt Em
Virginia Pearson ..... Lady Vishuss
Bryant Washburn ..... Prince Kynd
Josef Swickard ..... Prime Minister Kruel
Charles Murray ..... Wizard of Oz
Oliver Hardy ..... Farmhand /
Tin Woodsman ..... Undetermined Role
William Hauber ..... Undetermined Role
William Dinus ..... Uncle Henry
Frank Alexander ..... Ambassador Wikked
Otto Lederer ..... Phantom of the Basket
Frederick Ko Vert ..... Toymaker / Farmhand /
Larry Semon ..... Snowball (as G. Howe Black)
Scarecrow
Spencer Bell

Synopsis:

Mud and Sand:
Silent comedy.
Wandering Papas (Enough to Do):
This was one of Clyde Cook's better comedies for Hal Roach, perhaps due in part to the excellent direction of Stan Laurel, who at the time preferred working behind the camera (that would change a little later on when he teamed up with Oliver Hardy, who also has a small role here). Living up to his name, Clyde is a cook, working for an engineering camp that is being threatened by a local hermit (Adolph Milar). The hermit vows to blow up the whole camp if any of its members get involved with his daughter (Sue 'Bugs' O'Neill).
The Lucky Dog:
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. |
Hop to It!:
Two nutty bellhops raise havoc at a posh hotel. |
Wizard of Oz:
Popular silent film comedian Larry Semon literally sold the ranch to secure film rights to L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz -- then proceeded to chuck most of the Baum story in favor of his usual broad slapstick antics.

Mud and Sand:
Silent comedy.

Wandering Papas (Enough to Do):
This was one of Clyde Cook's better comedies for Hal Roach, perhaps due in part to the excellent direction of Stan Laurel, who at the time preferred working behind the camera (that would change a little later on when he teamed up with Oliver Hardy, who also has a small role here). Living up to his name, Clyde is a cook, working for an engineering camp that is being threatened by a local hermit (Adolph Milar). The hermit vows to blow up the whole camp if any of its members get involved with his daughter (Sue 'Bugs' O'Neill). The daughter, meanwhile, makes arrangements to run off with the bridge engineer (Tyler Brooke). Her father discovers the plan, but believes the lucky man is Cook. In attempt to do away with him, the hermit puts explosives in the pancake batter, and his plot is almost successful because the pancakes blow up in the faces of everyone served (Hardy has an especially large stack explode) and they all come after the cook. Cook, the eloping couple, and the father all wind up on the same train. The couple falls off it, and it heads towards the edge of a cliff and stops. Cook and the hermit find themselves about to go over the cliff. After a number of tense but hilarious stunts, the hermit falls into the river below, and Cook jumps in when he sees a bear.

The Lucky Dog:
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. |

Hop to It!:
Two nutty bellhops raise havoc at a posh hotel. |

Wizard of Oz:
Popular silent film comedian Larry Semon literally sold the ranch to secure film rights to L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz -- then proceeded to chuck most of the Baum story in favor of his usual broad slapstick antics. In Semon's version, Dorothy (played by Dorothy Dwan, aka Mrs. Larry Semon) is the long-lost princess of Oz. On Dorothy's 18th birthday, she is whisked from her farm in Kansas back to Oz by way of a convenient tornado. Along for the ride are hired hands Semon and Oliver Hardy as well as le and African American handyman G. Howe Black. To avoid being captured by the minions of the cruel Prince Kruel, Semon disguises himself as a Scarecrow, while Hardy, rummaging through a garbage heap, dons Tin Woodman garb. And so it goes until Dorothy and her boyfriend Prince Kynde (Bryant Washburn) escape from Oz via airplane. The chance to see a young Oliver Hardy, sans Stan Laurel may be the best reason to see this film. Otherwise, the more famous 1939 version remains the definitive filmization of this classic yarn. The Wizard is played by Charlie Murray, who is heaps funnier than ostensible star Larry Semon.

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