Laurel & Hardy: March of the Wooden Soldiers: Amazon.ca: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight, Florence Roberts, Henry Brandon, Ernie Alexander, Richard Alexander, Frank Austin, Eddie Baker, Scotty Beckett, Art Lloyd, Charley Rogers, Gus Meins, Hal Roach, Anna Alice Chapin, Frank Butler, Glen MacDonough, Nick Grinde: DVD

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Dec 27 2010

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Excellent film, my Dad was extremely happy when he got it, brings back memories he said. I recommend this film for the young and old. The service and delivery was fantastic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "I Don't Love 'im!", April 9 2004

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What a pleasure to find March of the Wooden Soldiers in glorious black & white! This Passport Video release (listed by Amazon as Koch Entertainment for some unfathomable reason) presumably contains the full-length version (77+ minutes) and is of very high quality. Audio is nice clear mono, and the video is just fine--flicker occurs occasionally, but nothing major and the images are sharp with good contrast. One is easily able to navigate the chapters and can scan in either direction and pause, which sometimes isn't the case with budget DVD's. It would be nice if subtitles were available (I have foreign-born friends who like to "see" and hear English simultaneously), as well as a printed list of chapters, but these are minor quibbles. A bonus short of the boys' first screen appearance together is also included and is lots of fun.
As much as I detest colorization of black & white classics, both in principle and for aesthetic reasons, I've read so many favorable reviews of the colorized version of this film that I'd be willing to give it a shot, especially considering its price. One reviewer wrote that she remembers seeing a hand-tinted print of this film at the movies when she was a child in the 50's, so clearly there's precedent. It would be nice to get a choice of both on one disk--maybe something along this line will turn up eventually. In the meantime, my recommendation is that first-time viewers see it the way audiences in 1934 saw it and then move on to "color" if so inclined. Either way, this is a fabulous film--it's about time justice was done to it, but better late than never. Thank goodness I no longer have to depend on the whims of local TV stations with their edits and commercials to watch one of my holiday favorites.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the two versions, April 6 2004

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There are two versions offered for sale at Amazon. The Koch Vision Entertainment version, despite the description in the technical details, is NOT COLORIZED. The Goodtimes Home Video version version IS colorized. Which you prefer is entirely up to you, but don't order the Koch Vision version if you want the movie in color. The Koch Vision version has an extended silent film extra of the first time Laurel and Hardy appeared together (NOT as a team, however). The extra is interesting, but (by today's standards anyhow) a little slow. The Goodtimes Entertainment (Colorized) version, although a few cents cheaper than the other version, is, in my opinion, a much "cleaner" print. Even with the color level turned down so it appears as the original B&W, the Goodtimes version is sharper and more distinct. March of the Wooden Soldiers, holds up pretty well.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stopped at the one yard line!!
This review is for the Passport Video version of "March of the Wooden Soldiers".
This is a marvellous print in glorious black and white of this perennial favourite... Read more

Published on Feb 16 2005 by Robert Badgley

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One of a few movies I would own, b&w version only!

Published on April 1 2004 by KTS