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Laurel and Hardy Collection, Vol. 1 (Great Guns / Jitterbugs / The Big Noise) (1944)

Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy Director: Malcolm St. Clair, Monty Banks Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD

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Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivian Blaine, Robert Bailey, Douglas Fowley
Directors: Malcolm St. Clair, Monty Banks
Writers: Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Fenton, Henry Lehrman, Lou Breslow, Scott Darling
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 3
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006
Run Time: 221 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000E6ESF8
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,107 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Special Features

Commentary by Laurel and Hardy author historian Randy Skretvedt on each feature
"Revenge of the Sons of the Desert" featurette
Movietone News clip: "Inauguration of the Railway"
Still galleries
Original trailers
Bonus Laurel and Hardy trailers

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Though Laurel and Hardy fans will attest to the relative weakness of the three films included in this Gift set, Great Guns, Jitterbugs, and The Big Noise, the films still brim with classic Stan and Ollie antics, and more intriguingly, serve as historical markers of American Wartime Cinema. These post-Hal Roach, Twentieth Century Fox releases offer, even in the liner notes, information about how the film industry was influenced by World War II. Great Guns' plot most directly refers to the war, showing what happens when the Army recruits two clowns. Gunpowder gags, planes dropping flour bombs, and physical comedy inside the barracks, involving cots, dangling light bulbs, and mess kits abound in this film that hopefully entertained soldiers. Jitterbugs, the funniest film in the set, provides comedic escape from hardship by constructing a plot based on a dislike for gas rationing. In Jitterbugs, Stan and Ollie, stars of the Zoot Suit Band, encounter a scam artist who allegedly can turn water into gasoline with an invented pill. Together, the three men swindle their ways into absurd situations, culminating in hilarious scenes of Stan disguised as a wealthy elderly lady who at one point declares, to a bunch of gangsters, that she's feeling "quite gay." Clever double-entendres, subtle wordplay, and co-star Vivian Blaine make this film wonderful. A documentary entitled "Revenge of the Sons of the Desert," about Laurel and Hardy fan clubs and conventions, shows how the wacky spirits of Stan and Ollie live on into the present day. True, these three films may not be their strongest, but they defined comedy during some of America's grimmest times. --Trinie Dalton

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Episode Description: Disc 1 "Big Noise": Rating: NR Audio: English: Mono & Stereo Subtitled: English and Spanish Special Features: Commentary by Randy Skredvedt, Photo Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Laurel and Hardy Theatre: Bullfighters Theatrical Trailer, Great Guns Theatrical Trailer, & The Dancing Master Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 "Great Guns": Rating: NR Audio: English: Mono & Stereo Subtitled: English & Spanish Special Features: Commentary by Randy Skretvedt, Photo Gallery, Opening the Freemont Theatre Movietone News, Theatrical Trailer, Laurel and Hardy Theatre: Big Noise Theatrical Trailer, Bullfighters Theatrical Trailer, & Jitterbugs Theatrical Trailer

Disc 3 "Jitterbugs": Rating: NR Audio: English: Mono & Stereo Subtitled: English & Spanish Special Features: Commentary by Randy Skretvedt, Photo Gallery, Inauguration of the Railway Movietone News, Theatrical Trailer, Laurel and Hardy Theatre: Big Noise Theatrical Trailer, Bullfighters Theatrical Trailer, & Great Guns Theatrical Trailer

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for making these available. This pre-release review just mentions the content., January 19, 2006

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fox is releasing three of its Laurel & Hardy features on DVD: GREAT GUNS (1941), JITTERBUGS (1943), and THE BIG NOISE (1944). These are among the team's later works, and Laurel & Hardy collectors and completists should welcome this boxed set.

GREAT GUNS is Fox's topical answer to Abbott & Costello's hit "Buck Privates," with awkward rookies Stan and Ollie in the army. The script is rather lame, but there are some choice moments (you'll howl when Laurel stashes a live crow down Hardy's pants during inspection). Watch for Alan Ladd in a bit part.

JITTERBUGS is an engaging comedy with music, with Stan and Ollie as zoot-suited bandleaders who get mixed up with swindlers, and who right the wrong by adopting disguises for a sting operation. Vivian Blaine sings three songs, radio actor Bob Bailey is fine as the stingmaster, and Stan and Ollie are in good form (and fun to watch when they're in disguise). This is the glossiest Laurel & Hardy movie from this period, with a notable supporting cast.

THE BIG NOISE is a matter of taste. Some viewers regard it as merely a humdrum rehash of old routines, while others enjoy it as a virtual textbook of tried-and-true Laurel & Hardy material. Either way, it's loaded with vintage gags. The boys are janitors-turned-detectives, who safeguard a gadget-crazy inventor and his new high explosive. Watch for young Robert Blake as a mischievous brat. First-time viewers should enjoy it; if you know Laurel & Hardy you'll certainly recognize the jokes: an upper-berth scene with drunken Jack Norton is a highlight.

This DVD set also includes bonus material, including vintage coming-attractions trailers, and audio commentaries by author Randy Skretvedt. A special treat is REVENGE OF THE SONS OF THE DESERT, Alexander Marshall's Emmy-winning featurette about the international Laurel & Hardy society (founded by L & H biographer John McCabe).

Picture and sound quality in these DVDs should be excellent, based on the studio's former VHS releases in this series.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some more L&H on American DVDs -- at last!!, February 22, 2006

By	Steven Bailey "Cinemaven" (Jacksonville Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Laurel and Hardy -- and especially Laurel -- would have been the first to admit that the movies they did for 20th Century-Fox in the 1940's were not their greatest work. That said, they did a lot of misfires for Hal Roach, too. (Watch BONNIE SCOTLAND, due out on DVD in April, and you'll see what I mean.) And the paucity of *any* L&H DVDs is so sad that even the announcement of Fox's DVD release of three of their middling L&H movies is cause for at least minor joy.

Of the trio being released, the one with the best reputation is JITTERBUGS, mainly because of its high production values and its hilarious L&H impersonations (Ollie as a windbag Kentucky colonel, Stan as a fuddy-duddy British aunt). It has its share of fits and starts but is funny enough.

The movie with the worst rep is THE BIG NOISE, long regarded by L&H buffs as their worst-ever movie. It rips off a lot of their old routines and has somewhat leaden pacing, but even this movie has its moments. (For total L&H character assassination, wait until Fox releases THE DANCING MASTERS.) The movie also stars a young Robert ("Bobby") Blake, six decades before his own notoriety with a deadly weapon.

GREAT GUNS was L&H's first Fox movie and the first indication that things were awry in Stan-and-Ollie Land. The movie is an obvious rip-off of Abbott & Costello's then-current Army comedy BUCK PRIVATES, with L&H forced into war hijinx when the rich youngster they caretake goes in for the draft. But again, L&H manage to overcome the so-so script and create some comedy out of nothing (particularly Stan with his charming pantomime).

Laurel & Hardy are national treasures in my book, and the lack of DVDs of their best work (currently owned, and doled out sparely, by Hallmark Home Entertainment) is appalling. So pick up the Fox set, uneven as it is, and discover how even these in-and-out comedies play better than much contemporary stuff.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 1940s features aren't so bad!, February 28, 2006

By	David Foe (E. Lansing, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The 1940s Laurel & Hardy movies have gotten a real bum rap in several books about the team, but in truth, few people have actually watched these pictures in the past 40 years. They may not be classics, nor the "best" work of L&H, but they're amusing comedies and perfect family entertainment, especially compared to the "comedies" of today.

One of the movies in this set, "The Big Noise," has been listed as one of the worst movies of all time, but in no way is that really true. It's in fact a great introduction to Laurel & Hardy for kids. I recently showed this picture to some kids and they loved it. I thought it had a lot of laughs as well.

"Great Guns" was very successful when it came out and when I saw it recently, I laughed so hard I cried. I haven't seen "Jitterbugs" in about 30 years, but I thought it was funny when I saw it on TV in the '70s.

So, give this set a chance and you'll be glad you did! And I can't wait for Part II. And then let's reissue the two 1940s MGM L&H movies as well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars there are much better laurel and hardy films than these
The best Laurel and Hardy films were made in 1940 or earlier. All the ones after 1940--such as the ones on this DVD set--are sub-par, because Laurel and Hardy changed production... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Better Than I Expected!
Having been a huge fan of Laurel & Hardy for over 30 years now, I have always avoided their later films with Fox and MGM like the plague. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Steve

4.0 out of 5 stars L@H box set Volume 1 One out of Three
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4.0 out of 5 stars Stan & Ollie during wartime
The saga of Laurel & Hardy's post-Hal Roach years as they fell in line at Twentieth-Century Fox (and did their best to entertain during WWII) is finally chronicled here in this... Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars All the FOX movies are finally on DVD
Just about any Laurel & Hardy biography or film book had the same opinion. "Blockheads" was the teams last great movie. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fives stars for entire disk content!
These are not the very best Laurel and Hardy movies but they are not really bad either. They are different. Read more

Published on May 24, 2007 by Michael C

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST SEE FOR LAUREL & HARDY FANS
Many of these post Hal Roach films I'd never seen before.That's why I just had to get this DVD set.I'm always fascinated to see anything from Stan and Ollie that I've never seen... Read more

Published on March 16, 2007 by John Profetto

1.0 out of 5 stars The Legends of Comedy are Back with New Material!
I'm a very enthusiastic fun of the great comedy team Laurel&Hardy. I search any release that come out of the legendary team of the silver screen. Read more

Published on November 8, 2006 by Michael Day

1.0 out of 5 stars crumbs from the laurel and hardy table
As a life-long fan of Stan and Ollie, I continue to be depressed at the relative absence of the availability of their classic works on DVD. Read more

Published on November 4, 2006 by E. D. DORSOGNA

4.0 out of 5 stars These films are not that bad!
It seems like so many people have said that L&H's post-1940 films are awful for so long that even people who don't have any familiarity with them believe it, creating a... Read more

Published on October 12, 2006 by Anyechka

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