Showing posts with label James Finlayson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Finlayson. Show all posts

BLOCK-HEADS (Released to Theaters USA 1938)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì 

Block-Heads—57-minute short film—serves up a little better entertainment fare than many Laurel and Hardy comedies. This movie is funny, original, and well written.

 Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images

Storyline 

A man continues to patrol an assigned area long after the war is over. When he returns to America, an old friend extends hospitality to him.

Additional Thanks

 Thank you to Director John G. Blystone for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Hal Roach and Hal Roach Jr. for making the film possible. Cast includes Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis,  Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert, and James Finlayson. 


Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. This is a good film, tells a good story, and is very well written.

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ME AND MY PAL (Released to Theaters USA 1933)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.8|5.0 Starsììì 

Me and My Pal—cute, suitable to okay short film—was probably better on paper than it actually is on screen. It fails the comedy test.

Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images 

Storyline

Stan Laurel starts a puzzle and Oliver has to get to a wedding to be married but starts helping Laurel and the story is on. 

 Additional Thanks

Thank you to Directors Charley Rogers and Lloyd French for directing efforts. Thank you to Producer Hal Roach for making the film possible. Cast includes Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, and Marion Bardell. 


Buy a ticket
? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. It's a cute, simple story that most audiences will forget, but it holds some interest while watching. 

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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.

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