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Laurel & Hardy: Sons of the Desert/The Music Box/Another Fine Mess/Bus


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On the DVD

Hal Roach Biography
Laurel & Hardy biographies
Tent Society
Photo montage
Location Tour - Then and Now
Hal Roach Movie Mogul
King of Laughter tribute
Scene selects
Original 1.0 audio
Original restored 2.0 Dolby monaural audio


DVD Menu

  • Side #1 --
    • Select a Film
      • Sons of the Desert: Play
      • Sons of the Desert: Select a Scene
      • The Music Box: Play
      • The Music Box: Select a Scene
      • Busy Bodies: Play
      • Busy Bodies: Select a Scene
      • Another Fine Mess: Play
      • Another Fine Mess: Select a Scene
      • County Hospital: Play
      • County Hospital: Select a Scene
    • Special Features
      • King of Laughter Tribute
      • Then and Now Location Tour
      • Hal Roach Articles
      • Photo Montage
      • Tent Societies
      • Stan Laurel
      • Oliver Hardy
      • Hal Roach
    • Audio Features
      • Original 1.0 Dolby Monaural Audio
      • Restored 2.0 Dolby Monaural Audio
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1.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for The Boys,one star for the transfers!!, April 5 2005
By Robert Badgley (London,Ontario,Canada) - See all my reviews
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I never thought I would see the day that I would rate any product that contained the greatest film comedy team of all time,Laurel and Hardy,with just one star!!
But it seems Hallmark has managed to elevate banality,mediocrity and utter codswollop to an entirely new level.
And it is with no small sense of regret that I have to say this.
I have seen most of these films in their European release formats and to say these Hallmark versions are far inferior to those would be an understatement.The European mindsets' credo generally seems to be when releasing anything whether it be audio or visual to obtain the best possible sources from which to work with then do the necessary work in order to release the best possible product that you can.All related North American industries should have taken a page from their book YEARS ago!
Here are just a few examples of what I have noticed in this Hallmark DVD:
All of these prints seem to be incomplete and the original elements used are average to worse in condition.No effort it seems was used at all to obtain the best possible negatives from which to work from.And what "work" has been done is strictly basic digital transfer with a slight alteration for contrast.In other words the films look a little better than their VHS counterparts but countless imperfections of all sorts run rampant throughout ALL of these pictures and have astoundingly not been corrected in any way.
'Sons of the Desert' does not contain the original MGM opening(with lion roar and music....the same for most)and it inexplicably has fade outs for what appears to be commercial breaks!! I can only surmise that this print originated from some TV showing in days past.Now that's quality!
'County Hospital' gives us a print of the "Film Classic" 50s version complete with the opening "plaque".
'The Music Box' has a horizontal tape glitch line(!) running from bottom to top just as Stan opens the back of the wagon near the beginning of the film.
The rest of the shorts are again totally average in their transfers and quality.
Let me state clearly that ALL of Laurel and Hardy product that is extant is available in its' original theatrical format(i.e.as orginally seen) with proper opening sequences intact and
accompanying music.So there is no excuse whatsoever that Hallmark would/should release such an INFERIOR product such as this.
And although I sympathize with those who have longed for The Boys to be released onto DVD(I am one of those!) there is no way we should just en masse accept anything that is thrown at us.We as consumers,not to mention the men who made these wonderful films,deserve nothing short of the best,and that is FAR from what we got.
In conclusion this release shows what is wrong,has been wrong,with the entire audio/video industry for much too long a period in North America.Inferior product foisted on an unsuspecting public either through faulty/inferior manufacturing or,as in this case,just plain indifference.It is about time we became more pro active
about this multi-billion dollar a year industry who without OUR hard earned money/support would go nowhere fast.
We should not accept such tripe as this Hallmark release and as such they deserve our utter contempt.
Stan Laurel when alive could not stand to watch his films when run on TV because of them being cut to fit time restraints.I shudder to think what he would think of this release of his films.These men deserve so much BETTER!
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5.0 out of 5 stars VINTAGE LAUREL & HARDY, Jun 22 2004
By John Profetto (Hamilton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Now this is more like it.This is what I call a Laurel & Hardy DVD collection.With their best short subject The Music Box,and their best feature film Sons Of The Desert.An improvement from the other L&H DVD set.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Hard boiled eggs and nuts!", May 3 2004
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I don't know why the people who have this DVD are complaining about the transfers being bad, that's rubbish. Their all hard boiled eggs and nuts!
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 		 Most recent customer reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly Dissenting Opinion
O.K.,so this isn't the sharp,new restoration seen in Europe.But at least the prints of MUSIC BOX and COUNTY HOSPITAL have some of that crisp sunny look that one also associates... Read more
Published on Feb 22 2004 by Steve Burstein

3.0 out of 5 stars Picture and sound worse than European releases
The picture and sound of this DVD are worse compared with the European release. On the other hand it's unfair to compare an NTSC release with a PAL version - anyway the difference... Read more
Published on Jan 24 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Picture and sound worse than European releases
The picture and sound of this DVD are worse compared with the European release. On the other hand it's unfair to compare an NTSC release with a PAL version - anyway the difference... Read more
Published on Jan 24 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally-The King's of Comedy are available on DVD
What an absolutely fantastic DVD collection! In the past it has been very difficult to find any Laurel & Hardy features in the stores. Amazon.ca is the only way to go! Read more
Published on Jan 21 2004 by RANDY PAINE

1.0 out of 5 stars DVD didn't work
I bought this DVD as a Christmas gift for my father, an avid Laurel & Hardy fan, and when we tried to watch it the day after Christmas, it would not play in his brand new DVD... Read more
Published on Jan 20 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars A GOOD BUT SHORT COLLECTION
This DVD provides 5 L & H features, among them the classics "Sons of the Desert" and the Music Box. All are some of the best of their features but there could have been more I... Read more
Published on Jan 8 2004 by Tim Janson

5.0 out of 5 stars Off to a great start,but we would love more please!!!!
It's great that the Laurel and Hardy shorts and Sons of the Desert are on dvd,but couldn't they have put all of theirs in a box set,like Kino on Video did with Buster... Read more
Published on Dec 21 2003 by Candy Mcclellan

3.0 out of 5 stars The Boys Are Back In Town
This collection of Laurel and Hardy films contains five total selections. Four of these are short films (about thirty minutes in length), while the fifth is a full-length feature... Read more
Published on Dec 1 2003 by Andrew McCaffrey

5.0 out of 5 stars finally they got off their lazy fanny and released a l&h dvd
for some reason I feel that we americans get screwed out of great L&H releases so when I read that hallmark was releasing a d.v.d. I was happy.. Read more
Published on Nov 19 2003 by ferrell

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the L&H DVD to get first!
There are a number of Laurel & Hardy DVD's out there and many of them are not so good, featuring them in some of their latest, and sadly, weakest works (Utopia, Air Raid... Read more
Published on Nov 10 2003 by Ken Lewis

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