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Our Relations - Laurel and Hardy

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1980s vintage NOSTALGIA MERCHANT videotapes were recorded in SP mode with a linear (non-HiFi) audio track. Depending on source films, these look darn good. For an example, my 22 year old copy of their INVADERS FROM MARS (1953) has vibrant color and still plays flawlessly.

SYNOPSIS for "Our Relations"
It's twice the fun, with Ollie and Stan playing their own twin brothers, Bert and Alf, sailors on shore leave who carry with them a precious pearl ring that a gang of thugs are after. Contains the classic sight gag of Stanley and Oliver immobilized with their feet in hardened concrete. They roll around most hilariously and try to avoid ending up in the harbor. This is the original seven-reeler from Hal Roach studio and not the edited-down 53 minute film that was retitled "Double Trouble."

BONUS: "Southern Exposure"
Written, directed by and starring Charley Chase, this two-reeler features Bob Burns, the Arkansas-born inventor of the 'Bazooka,' a comic musical instrument that worked like a trombone but sounded like musical razzing. Also seen in cameo is Our Gang's 'Alfalfa.' Here, a couple visits the husband's Kentucky relations expecting to meet Southern royalty. Jimmie's folks turn out to be something quite different. (Charley has a dual role as Pappy Chase and Col. Charley Chase.)


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll ratings.

(7.3) Our Relations (1936) - Stan Laurel/Oliver Hardy/Alan Hale/Sidney Toler/James Finlayson (uncredited: Virginia Grey/Bobby Dunn/Tiny Sandford)

(7.5) Southern Exposure (1935) - Charley Chase/Constance Bergen/Bob Burns (uncredited: Tiny Jones/Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer)