Laurel or Hardy, Before The Duo - 4-DVD Box Set ( Bears and Bad Men / The Egg / The Pest / The Handy Man / Collars and Cuffs / Gas and Air / The Whole Truth / When Knights Were Cold / The Weak-End Party / A Man About Town / Pick and Shovel / Brothers Under the Chin / Zeb vs. Paprika / Detained / Twins / )

Laurel or Hardy, Before The Duo - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$39.99

Original Title: Bears and Bad Men / The Egg / The Pest / The Handy Man / Collars and Cuffs / Gas and Air / The Whole Truth / When Knights Were Cold / The Weak-End Party / A Man About Town / Pick and Shovel / Brothers Under the Chin / Zeb vs. Paprika / Detained / Twins /
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
559 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1914-1926 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Larry Semon
Gilbert Pratt
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Robert P. Kerr
George Jeske
Scott Pembroke
Ralph Ceder
Frank Fouce
Joe Rock
Arthur Hotaling
Will Louis
Theodore Wharton
Arvid E. Gillstrom
Charley Chase
Norman Taurog
Dave Fleischer
Ward Hayes
Stan Laurel

Written By:
Larry Semon
Renaud
Bob Munson
H.M. Walker
Tom Miranda
Hal Conklin
Al Giebler
Tay Garnett
E.W. Sargent
Edwin R. Coffin
Arthur Hotaling
George Randolph Chester
Charles W. Goddard
Rex Taylor
Vincent Bryan
Norman Taurog
Edward Dillon
Carl Harbaugh

Actors:
Larry Semon ..... Larry Cutshaw
Madge Kirby ..... The Slawson Daughter
Stan Laurel ..... Pete
William McCall ..... Stranded actor
Blanche Payson ..... Maw Cutshaw
Frank Alexander ..... Paw Slawson
William Hauber ..... Paw Cutshaw
Pete Gordon ..... Scared Woman
Mae Laurel
Bessie the Bear
Brownie the Bear
Stan Laurel ..... Humpty Dumpty
Drin Moro ..... The President's Daughter
Stan Laurel ..... Jimmy Smith
Glen Cavender ..... Oily Landlord
Stan Laurel ..... The handy man
Merta Sterling ..... The cook
Stan Laurel ..... Laundry worker
Mark Jones ..... Foreman
Stan Laurel ..... Phillup McCann
Katherine Grant ..... Garage owner's daughter
Stan Laurel ..... The husband
James Finlayson ..... Defense lawyer
Stan Laurel ..... Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
Mae Laurel ..... Countess Out, a Classy Eve
Stan Laurel ..... The Gardener
Marion Aye ..... Lily - the Birthday Girl
Stan Laurel ..... A Man About Town
Katherine Grant ..... The Girl
Stan Laurel ..... Miner
James Finlayson ..... The Foreman
Stan Laurel
Ena Gregory
Stan Laurel ..... Dippy Donawho
James Finlayson ..... Maj.Glanders Botts - His Trainer
Stan Laurel ..... A Convict
Julie Leonard ..... The Warden's Daughter
Stan Laurel ..... Stan / his twin
Julie Leonard ..... Stan's girl
Stan Laurel ..... Drunk
Glen Cavender ..... Nightclub manager
Stan Laurel ..... Gabriel Goober
Ena Gregory ..... Jack McQueen
Eva Bell ..... Mother Pilkins
Oliver Hardy ..... Percival Pilkins
Mabel Paige ..... Mandy Spraggs
Oliver Hardy ..... Cy
Edward Lawrence ..... Dad
Oliver Hardy ..... Jack
Mae Hotely ..... Nora, the Cook
Oliver Hardy ..... Bill Myers
Burr McIntosh ..... J. Rufus 'Jim' Wallingford
Max Figman ..... Blackie Daw
Oliver Hardy ..... Plump
Billy Ruge ..... Runt
Billy West ..... The Star Boarder
Bud Ross ..... Boggs
Billy West ..... A Customer
Oliver Hardy ..... Head Waiter
Rosemary Theby ..... Rose
Oliver Hardy ..... Her Father
Larry Semon ..... Larry, the Rent Collector
Norma Nichols ..... Leader of the Society Girl Settlement Workers
Larry Semon ..... Larry, a Bakery Clerk
Oliver Hardy ..... Foreman
Max Fleischer ..... Cartoonist
Billy West ..... Billy
Oliver Hardy ..... The Rival
Clyde Cook ..... Camp Cook
Oliver Hardy ..... Camp Foreman
Oliver Hardy ..... A devoted husband
Peggy Prevost ..... His devoted wife

Synopsis:

Bears and Bad Men: Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel. The Egg: Stan plays a mischievous and clumsy worker in a lumber factory. The Pest: Stan Laurel plays a book salesman who has a series of encounters, mostly revolving around a young woman who might be evicted by her lecherous landlord. Along the way, Stan dresses up as a dog, gets chased down Sunset Blvd circa 1922, and keeps running into an annoying woman who gives this short film its title. The Handy Man: A 1923 silent comedy. Collars and Cuffs: Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. Gas and Air: Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders off to a nearby cafe where waitress Katherine Grant serves him an egg, medium rare, and a cup of tea, well done… The Whole Truth: A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different. When Knights Were Cold: Though only the second half survives, here's a synopsis of what's left: Stan is a Robin Hood-type character in a medieval walled town. He's chased by an army of knights, but both he and his pursuers ride music-hall half-horse costumes in lieu of real steads. He proceeds to fight, Fairbanks-like, dozens of swordsmen at once, and defeats his rival one-on-one, leaving him to marry the princess in a state ceremony. The Weak-End Party: A riotous comedy of social errors, as absurd as a butler's whiskers. A Man About Town: A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady- so he follows her all over town. Pick and Shovel: Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. Brothers Under the Chin: A 1924 silent comedy. Zeb vs. Paprika: Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race. Detained: When a convict forcibly changes places with our hero Stan, he's taken to the pokey in the prisoner's place. Run-ins with pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair follow. Will the warden find Stan innocent or presume him guilty? Twins: Stan Laurel solo, playing doubles. Pie-Eyed: It's 3:00 AM at the Firewater Club, and Stanley has had more than enough to drink. When he tries to take over leading the orchestra, the manager - a former boxer - lets him know that he needs to restrain himself. But it's not long before Stanley causes another disruption anyway, and when he then tries to dance with the manager's wife, the manager's patience finally runs out. Wide Open Spaces: Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel. Mother's Baby Boy: It must be admitted that Percival Pilkins is not an ideal hero, in fact he is quite the reverse. He is mother's petted, pampered darling. Bill Green and Tom Brown are a pair of rude fellows who rather resent the fact that Percy interrupts their wooing of Nell Haldane, and they run Percy clear back to his boarding house. Percy writes to his mother that he just knows his vacation is going to be spoiled by these uncouth boys and mother promptly telegraphs that she is coming along to protect him. Percy shows the wire to Bill and Tom, a dreadful warning, but they don't seem to care. Instead they lay in wait for him again, but Nell sees the hold-up and flies to Percy's rescue. She is a little late, because he gets home before she can catch him and there is his mother on the porch. Mother isn't a little bit husky; she is a tiny little woman and Tom is rude enough to soak Percy one right under his mother's nose. Poor Tom didn't know that mother had brought along a prizefighter to act as Percy's bodyguard, but she did, and Tom and Bill are tossed into the river. Unfortunately Percy also falls in and takes mother along with him, which is not as things should be. The Servant Girl's Legacy: A serving girl receives a telegram that she has come into an inheritance. The family she works for suddenly starts to treat her well, and several young men come to court her. Then she receives another telegram telling her the inheritances is only $25. All her new 'friends' desert her, except her poor boyfriend, Cy. An Expensive Visit: At college, Jack is spending his dad's money and not studying. When dad comes for a visit, Jack gets one of his friends to dress as a woman and flirt with his father. Another friend pretends to be the jealous husband, forcing dad to buy his way out of trouble. A Lucky Strike: Bill is a rich miner but wants a wife. He advertises in an Eastern paper and receives a response from Nellie and Eleanor, but doesn't know it was sent as a joke. When he travels East to meet them, they have the cook pose as the writer of the response. The Lilac Splash: Andre Perigourd, a dress maker, is Wallingford's next victim. Violet buys a dress from Perigourd, only to find out that it is a cheap, illegal copy of a designer's original. A burglar breaks into Wallingford's house and just happens to have Perigourd's address on him. Wallingford enters the dress shop pretending to be a customer, and Blackie Daw follows him and gives him $1,000 for his $150 investment. Perigourd asks to be let in on such a profitable investment, and Wallingford lets him in for $100,000. But Perigourd quickly realizes that he has been swindled and gets the police. However, Wallingford lets Perigourd know that with their arrest the fact will come out that Perigourd has been making illegal dresses. Perigourd gives in and once again the Warden girls get their revenge. The Candy Trail: Florence, the village belle and heiress, accepts the invitation of Runt, the local sport, for a ride in his new flivver, much to the heartache of Plump, her true but rustic sweetheart. Runt, by his tales of wonderful adventure to be gained in the city he himself soon plans to visit, causes Florence to yearn to be one of the myriad lights that help to make the Great White Way burn so brightly. When Runt reaches the city he falls into the clutches of a lawless gang and soon becomes one of its most ardent members. Scheming to gain possession of her riches, Runt writes to Florence telling her to come to town where he will show her the sights. Poor Plump is heartbroken at the departure of his sweetheart. Premonition tells Plump that his loved one is in danger. He hastens to the city where he finds a clue to Florence's whereabouts and follows her trail to the den where she is about to fall a victim at the hands of the gang's leader. Using all of his strength Plump routs the gang and rescues Florence. The Serenade: Schmitte, the leader of a street hand is the proud father of Florence whose love is eagerly sought after by Plump and Runt, both members of the band. The fickle Florence not caring for either one, as her affections are centered around Harry Hick, determines to create trouble between Plump and Runt by deliberately making love to Runt. Inflamed by jealousy when he sees his little rival cuddled up in Florence's arms, Plump chases Runt out of the apartment by the aid of his bass horn. During their day's work on the streets the band is invited by a kind-hearted saloon keeper to refresh themselves at his bar. He tells them that they can have all the liquid refreshment that their musical instruments will hold. This delights Plump who is the possessor of the bass horn, but infuriates Runt who plays the clarinet, hence he is unable to get enough beer to even wet his lips. Chagrined by this experience Runt enlists the aid of his fellow bandsmen with the exception of Plump and serenades Florence at her home. Plump also attempts to serenade the sweet miss but finding his solitary efforts unavailing against the united forces of Runt and the other members of the band, basely attempts to bribe the men to desert Runt and come to his assistance. Just as the serenade is about to commence, both Plump and Runt are dismayed to see the fickle Florence at the window enjoying the performance while reclining in the arms of her lover Hick. At this moment, a neighbor who is unable to appreciate the musical entertainment furnished by Plump and Runt, throws water upon them which landing in Plump's big horn just at the moment when Plump is blowing his hardest. The result is that Florence and her lover are drenched by the blast which showers upon them, to the delight of Plump and Runt who agree to forget their rivalry and be friends once more. Hungry Hearts: Artists both, Plump and Runt find that the combined results of their efforts in colors do not pay even for the hire of their pretty model. However, an angel appears in the person of an old connoisseur, who offers them a large sum of money for a finished picture of the model, the old chap's too-evident admiration of the girl's shape arouses Plump's jealousy, and in a rage he slashes the canvas to bits, thus ruining their opportunity of getting the greenbacks. Attracted by their door sign, a wealthy widow commissions Plump to paint her portrait. Plump tries, but her attempts at love-making disgust him and he leaves the work for Runt to finish. Runt, with an eye to the widow's wealth, makes hay while the sun shines and wins her hand, leaving the poor but pretty model for Plump. The tables are turned when it is discovered that the little girl is an heiress, and her fat hero is happy, possessing both wealth and beauty, while poor Runt finds that he has tied himself to a muchly overrated piece of second-hand femininity. The Chief Cook: The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is addressing three members of staff: the cook, the waiter and the bellboy. It is obvious from their reactions, particularly the cook (Leo White) that whatever was said did not go down too well. His animated arms knock down the man standing behind him repeatedly until all three servants simultaneously quit. They storm off into the adjoining kitchen where a slavery maid (Blanche White) is on the floor scrubbing the floor. The men all trip over her, moan briefly and then leave. He's in Again: A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it. After trying again, he is told by the manager that if he wants to avoid being charged and sent to jail, he will have to work. Then, while he is tending bar, there is a sudden opening in the floor show, and the tramp is forced to fill in. Nor is that the last of the duties he is unexpectedly asked to perform. Married to Order: Boy meets girl. Father hates boy. Girl dresses up as her brother to get out of the house to elope but the near-sighted father mistakes her for the twin brother and all chaos follows. The Rent Collector: The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy. The Bakery: Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman. The Show: The Inkwell Clown and his three partners rehearse their parts in a show while en route to the theatre in Max's car. Rivals: A 1925 silent comedy. Wandering Papas: A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner. Hello Trouble: A dishonest undertaker stirs up droll, laughable tragedy between two devoted husbands and their loyal wives in his attempt to build up an insurance sideline when the undertaker business fails.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 20 November, 2022.