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Summary: Why not do a proper job?
Review: Currently available through amazon.co.uk is a 21 DVD set of Laurel And Hardy - remastered with oodles of extras including colorized versions and running 3 hours or more for each DVD. Why isn't the collection (or a comparable one) available here?
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Summary: Missing important films!
Review: How complete a collection of their classics could this be without their masterpiece WAY OUT WEST??? I am constantly amazed that this film is still not available on DVD! Does anyone know why?
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Summary: Missing important films!
Review: How complete a collection of their classics could this be without their masterpiece WAY OUT WEST??? I am constantly amazed that this film is still not available on DVD! Does anyone know why?
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Summary: one question..
Review: how many times can they re-re-re-re-re-re(whew)re-release "flying deuces" and "utopia"?! don't get me wrong they are great movies but you can find it just about anywhere why won't these companies focus more on rare out of print stuff like "way out west" or "swiss miss",oh well I give this set 5 stars because it's a nice release and has "this is your life" which is worth getting by itself,"march of the wooden soldiers" is in glorius black and white and the sound of both "flying deuces" and "utopia" are great (although I can't say the same for the picture)I had these movies before and each version I got on d.v.d. you had to turn the volume up all the way to hear it,this set has a louder sound and you can hear the background stuff better which is cool the picture for both are scratchy,the last disc is the best because of the L&H trailers.I hope they do a vol2 box set with more (out of copywrite) releases like footage from the "u.k. tours" and "movie struck" and home video footage ,interviews ect if your going to get cheap d.v.d releases at least make it interesting (like the goodtime video releases)there are alot of stuff that has lost it's copywrite which could end up in the second volume!!NO MORE "FLYING DEUCES" AND "UTOPIA" PLEASE!!!
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Summary: one question..
Review: how many times can they re-re-re-re-re-re(whew)re-release "flying deuces" and "utopia"?! don't get me wrong they are great movies but you can find it just about anywhere why won't these companies focus more on rare out of print stuff like "way out west" or "swiss miss",oh well I give this set 5 stars because it's a nice release and has "this is your life" which is worth getting by itself,"march of the wooden soldiers" is in glorius black and white and the sound of both "flying deuces" and "utopia" are great (although I can't say the same for the picture)I had these movies before and each version I got on d.v.d. you had to turn the volume up all the way to hear it,this set has a louder sound and you can hear the background stuff better which is cool the picture for both are scratchy,the last disc is the best because of the L&H trailers.I hope they do a vol2 box set with more (out of copywrite) releases like footage from the "u.k. tours" and "movie struck" and home video footage ,interviews ect if your going to get cheap d.v.d releases at least make it interesting (like the goodtime video releases)there are alot of stuff that has lost it's copywrite which could end up in the second volume!!NO MORE "FLYING DEUCES" AND "UTOPIA" PLEASE!!!
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Summary: Only the Finest Will do!
Review: I am not rating the DVD because I haven't purchased it. I have seen all their films, and have many of them on Super8mm sound - Way Out West, Brats, Music Box, Our Relations, March of tyhe Wooden Soldiers, Blockheads, Utopia, Flying Deuces, Liberty among some of the titles.Hallmark owns all theu US rights to their films. Why are they holding out. We need Sons'of the Desert, Way Out West, Our Relations and other of their 1930's features as well as their short films, all from the Hal Roach Studios. That is the best of their work. i get pretty sick and tired of U topia, which is a sad farewill to the boys film career. Fly Deuces is good, the quality of the film was poor becasue of a low budget. I just do not understand why Hallmark is holding out!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Only the Finest Will do!
Review: I am not rating the DVD because I haven't purchased it. I have seen all their films, and have many of them on Super8mm sound - Way Out West, Brats, Music Box, Our Relations, March of tyhe Wooden Soldiers, Blockheads, Utopia, Flying Deuces, Liberty among some of the titles. Hallmark owns all theu US rights to their films. Why are they holding out. We need Sons'of the Desert, Way Out West, Our Relations and other of their 1930's features as well as their short films, all from the Hal Roach Studios. That is the best of their work. i get pretty sick and tired of U topia, which is a sad farewill to the boys film career. Fly Deuces is good, the quality of the film was poor becasue of a low budget. I just do not understand why Hallmark is holding out!!!!!!!!
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Summary: BEWARE of the "Flying Deuces" disc contained in this set!!!
Review: I don't know if the manufacturer will be fixing the problem at some point, but the "Flying Deuces" disc contained in this set is out of sync. I would suggest you buy a used copy at as much as a discount as you can get, then find the copy of "Flying Deuces" released by the company called Platinum (NOT Madacy-- their version is out of sync, too) or if you can't find that, the Alpha video release, and toss the "Flying Deuces" disc that comes in this set and replace it with one of the others (as I did). Other than that... Two highlights of this set: "March of the Wooden Soldiers"-- it is in its original, glorious black and white form, includes MGM opening titles and features some scenes that are often missing from some prints (the Mother Goose prelude and the scene of Tom Tom and Bo-Peep drifting into slumber in Bogeyland as the dream fairies dance over their heads). The other highlight is a disc with about 25 minutes of trailers from various Laurel & Hardy films-- trailers are always fun. Haven't watched the rest of the disc all the way through yet but have sampled bits and pieces-- the "Utopia" print looks avereage, and strangely has opening titles that say "Hal Roach Presents" and has stock Laurel & Hardy background music, even though the original version didn't have this. The "This is Your Life" TV show is a print of varying quality. Haven't looked at the shorts, "Be Big" and "Lucky Dog" at all yet. But this is definitely worth it for "Wooden Soldiers" and the trailers if you can pay less than retail and don't mind chucking the "Flying Deuces" disc and replacing it with another one. Otherwise, please refer to my other reviews below for more details on the contents.
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Summary: BEWARE of the "Flying Deuces" disc contained in this set!!!
Review: I don't know if the manufacturer will be fixing the problem at some point, but the "Flying Deuces" disc contained in this set is out of sync. I would suggest you buy a used copy at as much as a discount as you can get, then find the copy of "Flying Deuces" released by the company called Platinum (NOT Madacy-- their version is out of sync, too) or if you can't find that, the Alpha video release, and toss the "Flying Deuces" disc that comes in this set and replace it with one of the others (as I did). Other than that... Two highlights of this set: "March of the Wooden Soldiers"-- it is in its original, glorious black and white form, includes MGM opening titles and features some scenes that are often missing from some prints (the Mother Goose prelude and the scene of Tom Tom and Bo-Peep drifting into slumber in Bogeyland as the dream fairies dance over their heads). The other highlight is a disc with about 25 minutes of trailers from various Laurel & Hardy films-- trailers are always fun. Haven't watched the rest of the disc all the way through yet but have sampled bits and pieces-- the "Utopia" print looks avereage, and strangely has opening titles that say "Hal Roach Presents" and has stock Laurel & Hardy background music, even though the original version didn't have this. The "This is Your Life" TV show is a print of varying quality. Haven't looked at the shorts, "Be Big" and "Lucky Dog" at all yet. But this is definitely worth it for "Wooden Soldiers" and the trailers if you can pay less than retail and don't mind chucking the "Flying Deuces" disc and replacing it with another one. Otherwise, please refer to my other reviews below for more details on the contents.
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Summary: BEWARE of the "Flying Deuces" disc contained in this set!!!
Review: I don't know if the manufacturer will be fixing the problem at some point, but the "Flying Deuces" disc contained in this set is out of sync. I would suggest you buy a used copy at as much as a discount as you can get, then find the copy of "Flying Deuces" released by the company called Platinum (NOT Madacy-- their version is out of sync, too) or if you can't find that, the Alpha video release, and toss the "Flying Deuces" disc that comes in this set and replace it with one of the others (as I did). Other than that... Two highlights of this set: "March of the Wooden Soldiers"-- it is in its original, glorious black and white form, includes MGM opening titles and features some scenes that are often missing from some prints (the Mother Goose prelude and the scene of Tom Tom and Bo-Peep drifting into slumber in Bogeyland as the dream fairies dance over their heads). The other highlight is a disc with about 25 minutes of trailers from various Laurel & Hardy films-- trailers are always fun. Haven't watched the rest of the disc all the way through yet but have sampled bits and pieces-- the "Utopia" print looks avereage, and strangely has opening titles that say "Hal Roach Presents" and has stock Laurel & Hardy background music, even though the original version didn't have this. The "This is Your Life" TV show is a print of varying quality. Haven't looked at the shorts, "Be Big" and "Lucky Dog" at all yet. But this is definitely worth it for "Wooden Soldiers" and the trailers if you can pay less than retail and don't mind chucking the "Flying Deuces" disc and replacing it with another one. Otherwise, please refer to my other reviews below for more details on the contents.
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