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Summary: A wonderful Holiday treat
Review: Growing up, this movie would be shown faithfully on Thanksgiving Day to the enjoyment of the entire family. But, alas, the wholesome has given way to the likes of Attack of the Barnyard animals. This film is arguably Laurel and Hardy at their comic best.
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Summary: 5 Star Comedy Classic... Horrible, Careless Video Transfer!
Review: I can't praise this motion picture highly enough, and this is perhaps the most perfect and logical use of Colorization to date. HOWEVER, beware of the GoodTimes Video version, which is now available in all major chain-stores. Despite the handsome packaging and stunning print, GoodTimes has opted to release the film only in the LP (4 Hour) Speed mode, which might save a few feet of blank videotape stock for GoodTimes, but totally destroys the beauty of the print (it won't correctly track on most new VHS machines)AND also completely does away with the Hi-Fi Soundtrack! A thoroughly disgraceful treatment of the film by a company known for thoroughly disgraceful "budget" versions of films not available elsewhere.
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Summary: A superb colourised and digitalised version
Review: I have found this restored version of "babes in toyland" almost incredible. No one can think that this film was released in B & W, thanks to the perfect digital colour adaptation. Also the full film has been restored.Is very strange, however, how this DVD version is only available in USA. If this version will be released in european countries, it will have a good succes,because there are a lot of fans of Stan and Ollie.Also the country code is for all regions, means that can be reproduced in all DVD players. I recommend purchasing it to people that loves the old comediants, besides the Stan and Ollie films.
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Summary: Colourized - So What?
Review: I know that colourizing Laurel & Hardy films does not make them funnier or better. I have a very complete collection of two reelers and the better feature films on VHS in b&w.
That should be enough. But, I read in a book recently that if there was one L&H film to buy in a colourized version it would have to be "March Of The Wooden Soldiers". The backgound came out better on this movie. And boy am I glad I ordered it! Somehow it reminds me of "The Wizard Of Oz". All of you purists buy yourself the b&w version if you can't stand coulourized films and stop whining. Get a life!
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Summary: the march of the wooden soliders
Review: I ONLY HAVE ONE THING TO SAY. BRING BACK THE BLACK & WHITE VERSION ON DVD PLEASE!
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Summary: "The funny man in the water!"
Review: I recently purchased this video and watched it with my 3 yr. old son. We really enjoyed the comedic antics of "Stanley Dum" and "Ollie Dee" (Laurel and Hardy) and found ourselves laughing a lot. When Ollie Dee was sent to be dunked in the Toyland Pond and is trapped under water, he blows gigantic bubbles for quite a long time. My son thinks this part is hilarious and now asks to watch the movie with "the funny man in the water!" Although this movie doesn't have the technological effects of today, I feel this movie offers a sense of nostalgia and innocence of days gone by. I grew up enjoying old Laurel and Hardy classics and especially recommend this to you if you are a fan!
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Summary: Classic L&H plus the professionalism of Hal Roach.
Review: I think this movie was developed out of Hal Roach's "Babes in Toyland". This is vintage Laurel & Hardy. It will make you laugh and if you watched and enjoyed L&H in your youth, this will bring you back for a few good memories.
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Summary: Passport's March of the Wooden Soldiers
Review: I was dubious, and very afraid of a substandard print, but in that the only other versions I'd seen were, inexcusably, colorized, I figured I'd take a chance, given the low cost.What a relief! It's a first-rate print--not crystal clear, but probably as good as this movie's looked in years, and for all I know it never looked any better. There's a more intact version of the opening "Toyland" song than I recall from most TV screenings, and the five or so minutes that commence with "Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep" are (I was holding my breath) restored--most TV screenings lately cut them. I don't suppose the movie's to everyone's taste--it's extraordinarily fey, and creaks with antiquity that must have seemed quaint even when it was new (it's as if the makers were serving Herbert's turn-of-the-century audiences rather than their own), but for those of us who were raised on it, it's glorious.
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Summary: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Review: I was overjoyed to find that this wonderful movie was available on DVD. As a child I remember we watched this movie every year on Thanksgiving. Sadly enough television no longer plays classic movies as often as they did. I purchased this movie to return to my children a tradition that gave me joy. I like the fact it is colorized and I like even more so the fact that this is the complete unedited movie.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: I'm a big fan of Laurel & Hardy. This film is by far their best known film...although I wouldn't call it their best. However it is great for kids and amusing enough for adults to sit through. It's basically about all those old little fairy tale characters we had growing up, all in one little movie. It even has the "bogeymen"!!!:) It's great for kids, I surely will be sharing this with mine when I have em...in a couple of years or so. Very entertaining for the whole family.
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