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Silent Comedy Marathon 4 (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The name Hal Roach is synonymous with screen comedy. The esteemed producer/director remains one of the true pioneers of cinema, having made some of the most popuIar shorts and features of alI time during the 1920s and '30s.
Fresh Paint (1920): Snub Pollard decides to try his hand at painting -- with catastrophic resuIts.
Try, Try again (1922): Jimmy Parrott and "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison bring the house down -- Iiterally -- when they try to save a suburban home from repossession.
Harvest Hands (1923): It's another day on the farm, but Iazy Paul Parrott's idea of sawing wood is taking a nap.
AIl Wool (1925): "Hunky" Dorrey (EarI Mohan and Billy Engle) pIay tailors whose customers are fit to be tied as they snip, sew and paste themselves into a mess.
Riders of the Kitchen Range (1925): Earl Mohan and BiIIy EngIe stir up trouble and cook up catastrophe as pIumbers mistaken for gourmet chefs.
SoIid lvory (1925): It's into the ring for "Hunky" Dorrey as the twosome engage in a slap-happy, punch-drunk championship boxing match. Starring Earl Mohan and BiIIy Engle.
Unfriendly enemies (1925): Stan Laurel directs James "Jimmie FinIayson as a combat photographer who must leave his Iady love, Fay Wray, for the front Iine. |
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