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Binding: DVD
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: Import, PAL, Box set
Label: Weton-Wesgram
Manufacturer: Weton-Wesgram
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Weton-Wesgram
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 87448
Studio: Weton-Wesgram
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Netherlands released, PAL/Region 0 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),Dutch ( Subtitles ),SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access,SYNOPSIS: Kid Speed:;White-faced comedian Larry Semon produced, co-directed, and starred in this two-reel farce, filmed at breakneck speed at the Charles Ray studios and the Santa Monica Auto Race Course. Avery DuPays (Frank 'Fatty' Alexander), the city's wealthiest man, has promised his daughter Lou's hand in marriage to whomever wins the Big Auto Race. Both Dangerous Dan McGrew (Oliver Hardy) and The Speed Kid (Semon) love Lou (Dorothy Dwan), but she seems to prefer the latter. Avery, of course, favors the richer McGrew, who, unbeknownst to the Kid and his mechanic (Spencer Bell), removes the brakes from Larry's race car. Despite this handicap -- or perhaps because of it -- the Kid wins both the race and the girl.;;Stick Around:;Two paperhangers are employed by a sanitarium to hang up some posters. Chaos Ensures. |;;;The Sawmill:;Comedians Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy battle over Kathleen O'Connor, the belle of the logging camp, in this 2-reel farce co-directed by Semon and Norman Taurog. The always extravagant Semon went too far making this film on location at Sequoia National Forest, where he made the Vitagraph Company build a permanent logging camp. According to the company's owner, Albert J. Smith, the film could just as easily have been produced at the studio back lot in Los Angeles. As a result, Semon's new contract made him his own producer and he was henceforth obliged to pay the cast, crew, and various other production expenses out of his own pocket. Years before he found world wide fame opposite Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy honed his comedic skills playing a menace opposite the white-faced Semon. They worked well together and remained perso
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