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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0018713833228
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Good Times Video
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Good Times Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 503 minutes
Sales Rank: 79783
Studio: Good Times Video
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Description:
CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS The Greatest Comedy Teams Deliver Great Laughs Steve Allen hosts this compilation of classic scenes starring the screen’s greatest comedy teams, following them from their roots in vaudeville, burlesque, and nightclubs to their verbal and visual gems on film and TV. Meet early pioneers like Amos & Andy, Wheeler & Woolsey, and Clark & McCullough, and come to the Hal Roach Studios, where Our Gang and Laurel & Hardy successfully made the transition to talking pictures. See Stan and Ollie’s first pairing, the Three Stooges with straightman Ted Healy, the uncut version of Abbott & Costello’s 'Who’s on First?,' and rare footage of the Marx Brothers, Hope & Crosby, and Burns & Allen. From the silent antics of the Keystone Kops to the early live TV appearances of Martin & Lewis, this one-of-a-kind documentary offers teamwork of the funniest kind, with entertainment for families and collectors alike. Produced by SANDY OLIVERI & PAUL HARRIS Directed by DAVID BERGMAN A MOVIETIME INC./BERGMAN-HARRIS PRODUCTION Approximately 110 minutes Color and Black & White UTOPIA See Laurel and Hardy in Their Final Film In their final film, Laurel and Hardy inherit a yacht docked in Marseille and an island in the South Seas, but when they try to sail one to the other, they are shipwrecked on a nameless atoll that rises out of the Pacific. Accompanied by chef Antoine (Max Elloy), a 'stateless man,' and Giovanni Copini (Adriano Rimoldi), a stowaway, Stan and Ollie establish a tropical paradise using Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as their guide. Soon, Eden gets its Eve in the form of Chérie Lamour (Suzy Delair), a vivacious French singer fleeing a failed romance, who brings an unwelcome note of temptation and competition into their little island fraternity. Also known as Atoll K, Escapade, and Robinson Crusoeland, the film was shot in France in 1950, but its release was delayed for several years due to the controversy surrounding blacklisted codirector John Berry. EXPLOITATION PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED Presents STAN LAUREL * OLIVER HARDY 'UTOPIA' Also in the Cast SUZY DELAIR * M. ELLOY * M. DALMATOFF * A. RIMOLDI Screenplay J. KLORER * F. KOHNER * R. WHEELER * P. TELLINI Directed and Based on an Idea by LEO JOANNON Dialogue JOHN KLORER * MONTY COLLINS * I. KLOUCOWSKY Gags by MONTY COLLINS Music by PAUL MISRAKI Approximately 83 minutes Black and White
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Somewhat Disappointing
The Abbott and Costello clips were decent as was the Laurel and Hardy clip "The Flying Deuces". However, the Laurel and Hardy "March of the Wooden Soldiers" was so juvenile and boring that I only could tolerate watching a small portion of it. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis may have been funny 50 years ago, but Lewis' pratfall humor today is a bit much for me to stomach.
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