Product Details

• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: December 18, 2001
• Run Time: 24 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005R1O3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,467 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Silent Laurel & Hardy Classic, March 27, 2005

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Tazzman "tazzman225" (Detroit, Michigan---USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Laurel & Hardy: Lucky Dog [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have never seen a silent Laurel and Hardy flick until this one which believed to be their first as it was released in 1919. In their "talkies", Laurel & Hardy are on team but in this one they work against each other. Laurel, the homeless man with someone's else's woman going after him and Hardy the robber who finds himself getting involed in Laurel's little love scheme. With the music fitting each changing scene and the title cards, this 25 minute flick is worth buying.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The 1st appearance of L&H together, January 10, 2010

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M. Shepherd "Midwest" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laurel & Hardy: Lucky Dog [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Lucky Dog is really a Stan Laurel film. Ollie was just a supporting character in the film. But it is believed that this is
the first time they were together in the same film.
It`s not a great comedy, but there are plenty of laughs in it. And well worth seeing just to contrast how much Stan and Ollie
evolved their characters between 1919 and the late 1920s.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Destined to be partners.", November 5, 2008

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Yvonne P. Joseph (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laurel & Hardy: Lucky Dog [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I won't go into an elaborate review about "The Lucky Dog" (1920) since a reviewer thankfully did that!

As most classic film lovers know, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy worked together in this film for the very first time. They do not work as a pair. We've all seen the famous clip in silent comedy documentaries, and the still images of this scene: Oliver as a robber robs Stan at gunpoint. The puzzled Stan counts the money he has just discovered in his back pocket. Oliver put it there after robbing a previous victim, when Stan happened by with the cute stray dog who likes him. I won't give it away, but Stan and Oliver share another scene later in the film.

Stan Laurel, in this early period of his career, was trying to find a particular persona for his screen character. Oliver Hardy worked in supporting roles, often playing the 'heavy' or bad guy. After this film was made, both men went their separate ways. Neither man had any idea that seven years later, Destiny would have both of them working at the Hal Roach Studios. Laurel and Hardy were put to work onscreen together, again, in a few Roach comedies. Film audiences responded positively to their onscreen antics and chaos. There existed a comic chemistry between the tall, slender Briton and the tall, plump Southern gentleman. It was from that point Hal Roach and Leo McCarey decided to keep both men as a team - from the silent era, into the sound era.

Laurel and Hardy's working together by chance in "The Lucky Dog" was a unique coincidence. It's as if these two men were destined to be partners from the very start. In time, both comics became close as brothers; and would remain close right up until their deaths (Hardy in 1959; Laurel in 1965).

Even to this day, Laurel and Hardy are the most-loved comedy team the world has ever known. This past August, Turner Classic Movie fans were happy when an entire Saturday was dedicated to a showing of Laurel and Hardy comedies. Thanks to that Saturday, my interest in them got renewed! Laurel and Hardy are long gone. Yet fans can't get enough of them!

This videotape of "The Lucky Dog", by far, is the complete film. Get it for your personal Laurel and Hardy collection if you haven't done so, yet. The film is amusing and pleasant. And, importantly, witness the chance meeting of two comic actors who would go on to become the greatest screen comedy team of all time. This film is a keeper. I'm keeping mine, for sure! (Heh-heh!)

Anyway: Just grab it!