Jay Jackson

Robert Youngson once again compiles scenes from the golden age of comedy's silent film era. Laurel and Hardy are shown battling a gum machine, and Hardy is a debaucherous Romeo whose amorous plans are thwarted by Rex, the Wonder Horse. Charley Chase is hampered by hiccups and a female professor, and he fleeces a drunken Oliver Hardy with a mannequin in a nightclub. The third part finds bachelor Buster Keaton desperately trying to get married by 7:00 PM in order to collect a $7-million-dollar inheritance. Keaton is pursued by money-hungry prospects in one of the best chase scenes ever filmed. Narration is provided by Jay Jackson.

Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along with clips from many of the shorts that made the duo stars, it includes clips from a 1918 comedy starring Laurel on his own as well as scenes from three shorts Hardy made in 1917 and '18 with his original comedy partner, Billy West. To put the duo's work in context, the film briefly features other comedians who worked with producer Hal Roach.

Una compilación de cortos de Laurel y Hardy: De la sopa a las nueces, otra vez mal, Poniendo los pantalones a Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies y videos cortos de otros --- además de Max Davidson Call of the Cuckoo y Dumb Daddies, con algunas imágenes de Charley Chase cruzadas, que, junto con "La edad de oro de la comedia" de Robert Youngson, "When Comedy Was King", "Days of Thrills and Laughter", generaron un renovado interés y un renacimiento de la televisión Presentaciones de los pantalones cortos Laurel y Hardy.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

The story of Donald Campbell, son of the late Sir Malcolm Campbell, British champion auto-racer, and his efforts to survive driving a jet-powered boat at record speeds on Lake Meade, Nevada. After a number of failures at breaking the water-speed record of 216 mph, Campbell and his boat, the 'Bluebird', set a new record by, at times, breaking 250 mph.