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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
See the first "Laurel and Hardy" film!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Laurel & Hardy: Duck Soup [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Duck Soup was released in 1927,and then seemed to disappear from the face of the earth shortly after. For years it was thought that the film starred Stan Laurel, with Oliver Hardy possibly in a bit part. Finally, a print was located in a Belgian archive in 1974. When the film was screened for the first time in over forty years, it was discovered that Stan and Ollie actually costarred as a team for the first time, very much in their familiar characterizatons!A very funny comedy that was based on a music hall sketch by Stan's father, A.J. Jefferson, Stan and Ollie are hoboes who evade the law by hiding in a mansion. They are then forced to impersonate the owner and maid in order to fool a married couple who wish to rent the house. Laurel and Hardy display the wonderfully seamless teamwork that was their hallmark, even though there are a few rough edges to be worked out(i.e. Ollie wears a battered top hat, monocle, and a three day growth of beard). If the plot sounds familiar, it should. Laurel and Hardy remade the film, very closely, as "Another Fine Mess" in 1930.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bums on the run, one of the very 1st L&H films,
This review is from: Laurel & Hardy: Duck Soup [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is one of the very first Laurel & Hardy films. The boys are a couple of bums who are on the run from the cops and the forest
service who believe that they started a forest fire. They hide in the empty home of millionaire Col. Buckshot. When someone shows up wanting to rent the house Ollie impersonates Col Buckshot while Stan does double duty impersonating both the butler and the maid. This film was later remade as a talking short called Another Fine Mess.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Collector's Find,
By Phil S. (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Laurel & Hardy: Duck Soup [VHS] (VHS Tape)
A film of great historical interest as it is considered the very first L & H "team" effort. Despite the obvious missing pieces of their trademark characterizations in this very early effort - note unshaven, slovenly Ollie - an almost disturbing image as the Ollie we know always maintained his dignity (even as Stan unintentionally worked so hard to take it away) - and an almost "underworld" quality to their image (they were the ones who accidentally but recklessly (?) started a forest fire and while escaping from the mansion in which they took refuge, they take time to load up a suitcase with "bows and arrows" belonging to the owner, Colonel Buckshot).
Anyone could see that they were now a team for the ages, despite the rough-around-the-edges approach in this silent film with sound effects. The characters are "almost there", as I wrote above - something like the first season of an important sitcom - some depressing exaggeration which would settle in later. This short really kicks in around the second half, suddenly the comedy explodes - nothing to match the later sound classics (including the unofficial sequel of "Duck Soup" - "Another Fine Mess", and the feature "Pack Up Your Troubles", which borrows some from this 2-reeler, 5 years later), but still fun. Typically outstanding cinematography and editing. Let's assume Mr. Laurel was keen in these areas even at this early juncture.
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