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albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 11 {text cribbed from booklet} Saps At Sea [1940] A doctor prescribes an ocean voyage to cure Ollie of his illness, so the boys rents a boat. They plan on leaving it tied to the dock - until their goat eats through the mooring line! Worst of all, they are now adrift at sea with an escaped criminal who was hiding on the boat. You're Darn Tootin' [1928 silent] AKA The Music Blasters. After losing their jobs in an orchestra, the boys find themselves playing their less-than-harmonious music on the streets. The stress of their situation turns them against each other, which causes a street fight between them and anyone else who may be on the street. Below Zero [1930] Stan and Ollie are down-and-out musicians, who happen upon a lost wallet. Unfortunately the wallet is the property of the local cop on the beat. Tiembla Y Titubea ("Shivering and Shaking", Spanish extended version of Below Zero).
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 12 {text cribbed from booklet} Scram! [1932] The boys are banned from town by an angry judge. On the way out they help out a drunk by taking him to his home, but the drunk realises that its not his home and leaves. The boys innocently help the lady of the house - who had fainted - come to with water, but the water is really gin. Her husband comes home to find his wife drunk and the boys with her. The husband is none other than the judge who banned them from town. Night Owls [1930] Stan and Ollie are vagrants. Hired by Officer Edgar Kennedy to rob his chief's own home, Kennedy sets it up so that he can make the arrest - with the promise that he will get the boys off after he catches them. Ladrones ("Thieves", Spanish extended version of Night Owls) The Second Hundred Years [1927 silent] Stan and Ollie escape from prison by posing as painters. Call Of The Cuckoo [1927 silent] Mr Gimplewart becomes tired of the antics of his neighbours (Laurel, Hardy, Charley Chase, & James Finlayson), so he moves...only to find his new home is a disaster. Duck Soup [1927 silent] While Colonel Blood is on safari two hobos (Stan and Ollie) take shelter in his mansion. But when a young couple wishes to rent the home the boys must pass themselves off as the real owners. Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood [1926 silent] A simple country boy hopes to pay off his mortgage by going to Hollywood. While there he encounters a group of bank robbers disguised as a film crew. When they are found out a chase leads to the Hollywood Hotel, where Ollie plays the hotel detective. Stan is also a guest at the hotel, portraying a washed up actor. Stan and Ollie have no scenes together. Big Business [1929 silent] Christmas tree salesmen Stan and Ollie are not too successful in their attempts to make a sale. Their last attempt starts out as a simple rejection and winds up as an all out battle.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 13 {text cribbed from booklet} Sons Of The Desert [1933] The boys take an oath at their lodge, pledging that they will attend the annual convention in Chicago. Unfortunately, their wives won't let them go, so Ollie comes down with a phoney illness, saying the only cure is a sea voyage, and he insists that Stan accompany him. As they return from the convention, they find that the ship they were allegedly on has sunk and many passengers are missing. We Faw Down [1928 silent] AKA We Slip Up Stan and Ollie tell their wives that they are going to see a show, when they really plan to join a poker game. On the way to the game they attempt to help two women and end up falling in a muddy gutter. They return to the womens' place to let their clothes dry, and proceed to get drunk They are then thrown out by a jealous boyfriend. Their Purple Moment [1928 silent] The boys plan to go out for a night on the town. Earlier, Stan's wife finds his secret hiding place and substitutes all of his money with cigar coupons. Stan doesn't realise this until he and Ollie have run up a large bill at the restaurant. On The Wrong Trek [1936] The boys have a cameo as hitchhikers in this Charley Chase short.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 14 {text cribbed from booklet} Busy Bodies [1933] Stan and Ollie work at a sawmill where they create one mess after another. Double Whoopee [1929 silent] Stan and Ollie are the new doorman and bellboy at a classy hotel. Hog Wild [1930] AKA Aerial Antics. Ollie tries to mount a radio antenna upon the roof, that is until Stan shows up and sends him crashing to the ground. Dirty Work [1933] The boys are chimney sweeps. They can't quite seem to clean it, but they have no problem destroying the chimney. The house is owned by a mad scientist who eventually tries his experiment out on Ollie. The Finishing Touch [1928 silent] A man offers Stan and Ollie $500 if they can finish construction on his home by noon the following Monday. Only four things stand in their way: the nurse at the hospital next door, Kennedy the cop, and Stan and Ollie themselves. The Music Box [1932] The boys have to deliver a piano to a house at the top of a huge flights of stairs. Laurel and Hardy's only Oscar winning film. Hats Off [1927] (just stills gallery, no print of this film is known to exist.) Stan and Ollie are door to door washing machine salesmen, who have to drag their merchandise to the top of a huge flight of stairs.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 15 {text cribbed from booklet} Pack Up Your Troubles [1932] Laurel & Hardy take care of the daughter of one of their war buddies, who didn't make it home. The boys try searching for the girl's grandparents, all that they know is their last name is Smith and they live in New York. Their First Mistake [1932] Mrs Hardy is upset that her husband spends too much time with Stan. Stan suggests that Ollie adopt a baby to occupy his wife so that they could go out. When they return home with a baby they find out that Mrs Hardy has filed for a divorce. Putting Pants On Philip [1928] A young Scot named Philip (Stan) has arrived in America. His uncle (Ollie) has the misfortune of meeting him at the dock and watching over him. Philip's weakness for chasing women and refusal to trade his kilts for pants is enough to drive his uncle to frustration.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 16 {text cribbed from booklet} The Live Ghost [1934] After shanghaiing some men, the boys wind up getting shanghaied as well. The crew believes that their ship is haunted, which angers the captain. He threatens to injure anyone who says the word "ghost" in his presence. When the boys see a shipmate (that they think is dead) covered in white paint, they announce to the captain that they've seen a ghost. Sailors Beware! [1927 silent] Stan winds up at sea with a jewel thief, her midget husband, and a flirtatious Oliver Hardy who can't stay away from the women passengers. Two Tars [1928 silent] Stan and Ollie are two sailors who spend their day of shore leave stuck in a traffic jam. When tempers flare, one fight begins to lead to another. Men O'War [1929] Stan and Ollie are sailors on shore leave. They meet two women at the park, for whom they buy sodas and then rent a rowing boat for a turn on the lake. Any Old Port! [1932] After the manager of the boys' hotel vows vengeance upon them for ruining his marriage plans they hit the streets in need of some quick cash. Stan enters a boxing match to win some money and naturally finds that his opponent is none other than the hotel manager. Why Girls Love Sailors [1927 silent] When Stan's fiancé is kidnapped he poses as a woman to try and get her back. Unfortunately his masquerade is a little too convincing when the kidnapper falls for him too. Towed In A Hole [1933] Fish salesmen Laurel and Hardy go to the junk yard to buy a boat to catch their own fish. In spite of their efforts, the boat is restored, and soon after demolished.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 17 {text cribbed from booklet} Swiss Miss [1938] Unable to pay their dinner bill, the boys must work at the Alpen Hotel to pay off their debt. Composer Victor Albert goes to the hotel to create his masterpiece, only to be followed by his wife Anna. She goes disguised as a hotel chambermaid and Ollie falls in love with her. In the end, Anna and Victor have a happy reunion and a gorilla gets it's revenge on the boys after an earlier encounter. The Chimp [1932] When the circus folds, Stan wins the flea circus and Ollie wins "Ethel" the chimp in lieu of their salary. The boys have their work cut out for them trying to get Ethel past their landlord - whose wife is also named Ethel. Chaos reigns when the landlord hears the name Ethel coming from the boy's room. Flying Elephants [1927 silent] Stan and Ollie are cavemen, competing against each other for a mate.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 18 {text cribbed from booklet} Blotto [1930] Ollie takes Stan out for a night on the town, not aware that they have become intoxicated on a non-alcoholic concoction. La Vida Nocturna ("The Nocturnal Life", Spanish extended version of Blotto) Be Big [1931] The boys are almost on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a 'lodge' buddy who tells him that a stag party is taking place that night. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. Los Calaveras ("The Gay Blades", Spanish combined version of Laughing Gravy and Be Big, see also disc 10).
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 19 {text cribbed from booklet} Pardon Us [1931] The boys sell some home made alcohol to a cop during prohibition and are sent to prison. In prison they find it hard to get along with their tough cell mate and have some misadventures. Eventually they inadvertently thwart a prison break, which gets them pardoned. The Hoose-Gow [1929] The boys are wrongly imprisoned and end up in a labour camp. The Battle Of The Century [1928 silent] Ollie is the manager of Stan...the world's worst prize fighter. After Stan looses another fight Ollie buys an insurance policy on Stan, and then tries to create an accident so they can collect.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 20 {text cribbed from booklet} Going Bye-Bye! [1934] The boy's courtroom testimony helps to convict a criminal, who vows his revenge as soon as he can break out of prison. The boys decide to leave town. They find a woman who will join them, in order to share expenses. Unfortunately her boyfriend got locked in a trunk and the boys free him only to find out that he is in fact the criminal that they helped get convicted! A remake of the silent short Love 'Em and Weep. Do Detectives Think? [1927 silent] A judge who has just sentenced a man to death calls on two detectives, Stan and Ollie, for protection. Habeas Corpus [1929 silent] The boys are hired by a mad scientist to steel a dead body from the cemetery for an experiment. Angora Love [1929 silent] A goat follows Stan and Ollie everywhere after Stan gives it some food. They end up taking it home and trying to give it a bath because it smells so bad. Bacon Grabbers [1929 silent] The boys have a subpoena to repossess a radio from Edgar Kennedy, which they eventually get...and manage to destroy. The Midnight Patrol [1933] Officers Laurel and Hardy are sent to investigate a man breaking into a house, but unfortunately they lose the address. When they find what they think is the house they break in, in order to get their man, however the house is actually owned by their Chief. Liberty [1929 silent] Two escaped convicts, Stan and Ollie, dump their prison clothes for street clothes. Realising they have each other's pants, a change must be made. By the time they find a private place to change they are on top of an unfinished skyscraper. Wrong Again [1929 silent] The boys are working at a stable when they are told that "Blue Boy" (a painting) is missing and the millionaire owner wants it back. When they think that "Blue Boy" (a horse) is the missing possession they deliver it to the millionaire's mansion.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 21 {text cribbed from booklet} Thundering Fleas [1926 silent] A sort of all-star Our Gang comedy, in which all sorts of Roach's regulars and mini-stars - except Stan Laurel - appear. The sole gag here is that a bunch of fleas gets loose at the gorgeous Martha Sleeper's wedding, causing all sorts of consternation. Fluttering Hearts [1927 silent] Ignoring her father's attempts to counsel her, a young woman races off to a sale at a store. Chased by a motorcycle policeman, she eventually wins him over with the help of a friendly millionaire. Meanwhile, her father desperately needs to retrieve a compromising letter that he once wrote, and he will need help to do it. Oliver Hardy & Charlie Chase star. Prudence [1927 silent] Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute To The Boys [1991] TV documentary with lots of archive footage and contributions from Blake Edwards, Walter Matthau, Johnny Carson, Steve Allen and others.
albert 10th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	disc 1 A Chump At Oxford [1940] A Chump At Oxford (colourised) From Soup To Nuts [1928 silent] Another Fine Mess [1930] Another Fine Mess (colourised) disc 2 County Hospital [1932] County Hospital (colourised) Them Thar Hills [1934] Them Thar Hills (colourised) Tit For Tat [1935] Tit For Tat (colourised) Perfect Day [1929] Perfect Day (colourised) They Go Boom! [1929] Leave 'Em Laughing [1928 silent] disc 3 Way Out West [1937] Way Out West (colourised) One Good Turn [1931] One Good Turn (colourised) Thicker Than Water [1935] Thicker Than Water (colourised) disc 4 Beau Hunks [1931] Beau Hunks (colourised) Our Wife [1931] Our Wife (colourised) Helpmates [1931] Helpmates (colourised) Me And My Pal [1933] Me And My Pal (colourised)
albert 10th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	disc 5 Our Relations [1936] Our Relations (colourised) Brats [1930 later version] Brats (colourised later version) Twice Two [1933] Twice Two (colourised) disc 6 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case [1930] The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (colourised) Noche De Duendes (Spanish combined version of The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case & Berth Marks) Berth Marks [1929] Berth Marks (colourised) Oliver The Eighth [1934] Oliver The Eighth (colourised) disc 7 Block-Heads [1938] Block-Heads (colourised) Unaccustomed As We Are [1929] Unaccustomed As We Are (colourised) With Love And Hisses [1927 silent] Should Married Men Go Home? [1928 silent]
albert 10th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	disc 8 Chickens Come Home [1931] Chickens Come Home (colourised) Politiquerias (Spanish extended version of Chickens Come Home) Come Clean [1931] Love 'Em And Weep [1927 silent] Sugar Daddies [1927 silent] Early To Bed [1928 silent] disc 9 The Bohemian Girl [1936] The Bohemian Girl (colourised) On The Loose [1932] That's My Wife [1929 silent] Along Came Auntie [1926 silent] disc 10 Laughing Gravy (short version) Laughing Gravy [1931] Laughing Gravy (colourised) Les Carottiers (French combined version of Laughing Gravy and Be Big) The Fixer-Uppers [1935] The Fixer-Uppers (colourised) Slipping Wives [1927 silent] disc 11 Saps At Sea [1940] Saps At Sea (colourised) You're Darn Tootin' [1928 silent] Below Zero [1930] Below Zero (colourised) Tiembla Y Titubea (Spanish extended version of Below Zero)
albert 10th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	disc 12 Scram! [1932] Scram! (colourised) Night Owls [1930] Night Owls (colourised) Ladrones (Spanish extended version of Night Owls) The Second Hundred Years [1927 silent] Call Of The Cuckoo [1927 silent] Duck Soup [1927 silent] Forty-Five Minutes From Hollywood [1926 silent] Big Business [1929 silent] disc 13 Sons Of The Desert [1933] Sons Of The Desert (colourised) We Faw Down [1928 silent] Their Purple Moment [1928 silent] On The Wrong Trek [1936] disc 14 Busy Bodies [1933] Busy Bodies (colourised) Double Whoopee [1929 silent] Hog Wild [1930] Hog Wild (colourised) Dirty Work [1933] Dirty Work (colourised) The Finishing Touch [1928 silent] The Music Box [1932] The Music Box (colourised) Hats Off (1927 - just stills gallery)
albert 10th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	disc 15 Pack Up Your Troubles [1932] Pack Up Your Troubles (colourised) Their First Mistake [1932] Their First Mistake (colourised) Putting Pants On Philip [1928] disc 16 The Live Ghost [1934] Sailors Beware! [1927 silent] Two Tars [1928 silent] Men O'War [1929] Men O'War (colourised) Any Old Port! [1932] Why Girls Love Sailors [1927 silent] Towed In A Hole [1933] Towed In A Hole (colourised) disc 17 Swiss Miss [1938] Swiss Miss (colourised) The Chimp [1932] The Chimp (colourised) Flying Elephants [1927 silent] disc 18 Blotto [1930] Blotto (colourised) La Vida Nocturna (Spanish extended version of Blotto) Be Big [1931] Be Big (colourised) Los Calaveras (Spanish combined version of Laughing Gravy and Be Big)
albert 10th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	disc 19 Pardon Us [1931] Pardon Us (colourised) The Hoose-Gow [1929] The Hoose-Gow (colourised) The Battle Of The Century [1928 silent] disc 20 Going Bye-Bye! [1934] Going Bye-Bye! (colourised) Do Detectives Think? [1927 silent] Habeas Corpus [1929 silent] Angora Love [1929 silent] Bacon Grabbers [1929 silent] The Midnight Patrol [1933] The Midnight Patrol (colourised) Liberty [1929 silent] Wrong Again [1929 silent] disc 21 Brats [1930 original version] Hinter Schloss Und Riegel (extracts from the German version of Pardon Us) Thundering Fleas [1926 silent, not L&H] Fluttering Hearts [1927 silent, not L&H] Prudence [1927 silent, not L&H] Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute To The Boys [1991]
albert 10th Apr 2019		Multi-Format That Sinking Feeling - BFI	This BFI issue has the correct Glaswegian dialect soundtrack, and also includes subtitles if you need them. Beware issues from other publishers that use a substitute dubbed soundtrack.
albert 10th Apr 2019		Cinema The Invisible Boy (1957)	Review This film is on the extras of the Forbidden Planet DVD, I wouldn't recommend it, just a few minutes and you'll be hitting the fast forward, like me. Yes the boy gets to be invisible thanks to his pal Robbie and gets up to all sorts of high jinks, including an encounter with the army if I remember correctly. However his parents don't seem to be that amazed or concerned, it makes you wonder whether it is Robbie or the parents that are the real robots. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 8th Apr 2019		TV Colour Me Pop (1968 - 1969)	The CD compilation Magnetic Waves Of Sound by The Move includes their Colour Me Pop performances.
albert 7th Apr 2019		Live Music Bingo Hand Job @ The Borderline	All you REM fans note that a recording of a Borderline gig will be released on RSD 2019.
albert 4th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set The Busby Berkeley 9-Film Collection - Warner Home Video	Lots of extras on these discs including the only surviving clips from Gold Diggers of Broadway, 15 cartoons, and many featurettes. The unique Busby Berkeley disc includes sequences from films not in the collection.
albert 4th Apr 2019		Live Music La Femme @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire	Hi Lee, my enjoyment of the gig was kinda dampened by the young, mainly French expatriot audience - I had a seat on level one and when the band appeared the 2 rows in front of me all stood up and proceeded to woop and feverishly clap and bounce about like hyperactive five year olds, thus forcing everybody behind to stand up too - for the entire gig. You would think that the band were super exciting, but regrettably they mostly stood knob-twiddling beside programmed synths, ...and also they mainly played the new stuff that we hadn't yet heard. To be fair they had been going for about 5 years and were probably tired of the tracks from Psycho Tropical Berlin, but the new stuff that I heard did not tempt me to buy their then new Mystere album at the merch stall. (I did eventually buy the album in the sales, two years later, and it is disappointing compared to the brilliance of PTB). I'd say the band were average on the day, the female singer is poor live, and the reliance on synths was a let down. Still they were better than the support band.
albert 3rd Apr 2019		Cinema La Femme De Mon Pote (My Best Friend's Girl ) (1983)	[YouTube Video] The film has been remastered for DVD and has English subtitles, though I have to say that even with my very poor French I could still recognise that the translation presented was not very accurate.
albert 3rd Apr 2019		Cinema La Femme De Mon Pote (My Best Friend's Girl ) (1983)	Review What to say, c'est le Francais [shrugs shoulders], not particularly a comedy, and not much of a romance. At the ski-resort they call home, Pascal (the babe-magnet) shows off his latest conquest, Viviane, to his best friend Micky (the dumpy one). Micky is irritated and grumpy and unfriendly towards Viviane, however when Pascal goes to work Micky stays to keep Viviane company and the icy façade thaws. Things then get a bit romantically complicated, or predictable, or rather it skids along as the screenwriters can't seem to make their minds up on where to take the slushy story. This viewer was left decidedly cold and unperturbed, rather like the participants. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 1st Apr 2019		Live Music DTCV @ Medusa	Uranium Club, exciting: [YouTube Video] and the other band, erm, what were they called again? [YouTube Video]
albert 1st Apr 2019		Live Music Uranium Club @ Psychic Readings	Gig from around the time of their first release, alas some very bad clipping/distortion on this video: [YouTube Video]
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Pour La Peau D'un Flic (For A Cop's Hide) (1981)	Now available remastered on dvd/Blu-ray with English subtitles.
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Trois Hommes à Abattre (Three Men To Kill) (1980)	Now available remastered on dvd/Blu-ray with English subtitles.
albert 27th Mar 2019		Cinema Inspecteur La Bavure (Inspector Blunder) (1980)	Review After only just scraping through the Police Academy, and being assigned to the worst precinct in Paris, the blundering son of a heroic inspector tries to make his own mark, with disastrous and hilarious results. Additional problems arrive via a muck-racking journalist daughter of a millionaire, who, when also insulting a crime lord gets kidnapped as a consequence. Can the inspector save the day and uphold the reputation of the dismal police force? 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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