PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (Released to Theaters USA 1932)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì Pack Up Your Troubles—cute and suitable for everyone—has a World War I setting that uses the comedic skills of Laurel and Hardy to interpret its story. Nothing spectacular here, but suitable.  Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images Storyline  Laurel and Hardy are recruited into WWI.     Additional Thanks Thank you to Director George Marshall and Raymond McCarey for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Hal Roach for making the film possible. Cast includes Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, and Don Dillaway. Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? Yes. It's a full-length film that still offers chuckles and engages a variety of emotions within the audience. It's simply written with a good to suitable story that still works. Video Critique Available Here: Ben Meyers

TOWED IN A HOLE (Released to Theaters USA 1932)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì  Towed in a Hole—comical Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel short film—does not lack in its ability to provide quick amusement.  Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images Storyline Stan and Ollie are fish sellers but when Stan tells Oliver about doing the fishing themselves, Oliver thinks that is a great idea and wants to buy a boat.   Additional Thanks  Thank you to Director George Marshall for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Hal Roach for making the film possible. Cast includes Stan Laurel, Billy Gilbert, and Oliver Hardy.  Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?  Yes. This short film is creative and provides a quick, good watch. Video Critique Available Here: Ben Meyers

HOW THE WEST WAS WON (Theatrical Release World-Wide 1962)

 Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.4|5.0 Starsìììì

How the West Was Won—western movie that pulls itself into a classic  status—accesses the talents of Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, Carol Baker, James Stewart, George Peppard, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Widmark, Andy Devine, Eli Wallach, and Walter Brennen. Watch for John Wayne as General William Tecumseh Sherman  It’s an all-star movie with an all-star cast. There is no lack here. A very good watch for the western audience and general audiences. It has not lost its entertainment value despite its age. Worth watching and still worth an addition to the home video library. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline 

A story of major elements that moved from east coast to west coast with a nice tie-in at the movie’s end to show how, in a few short years after that, America emerged on the shoulders of those men and women who moved through the frontier, each with their own stories to tell. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Bernard Smith for making the film possible. Cast includes: Carroll Baker, Lee Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, and Eli Wallach. 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. The movie still shines as a classic western. Thank you to all involved in its production.

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Ben Meyers