Posts: 437
From: Wyckoff, NJ, USA
Registered: Jun 2015
posted December 31, 2016 05:55 PM
THICKER THAN WATER with Laurel and Hardy 400' Super 8 Black and White Magnetic Sound Blackhawk
Not one of the boys' best, but nevertheless enjoyable. A bit more slow-paced than most of their shorts, this one has them at odds with Mrs. Hardy over money to pay for their furniture. The short ends with one of their most memorable gags.
The print is very, very good, with no washed-out faces. Very sharp, and with great sound. My copy has all original titles, so this is probably an answer print from Blackhawk.
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From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011
posted January 09, 2017 01:00 PM
Mine too David, you give it him to give it to me.... a brilliant bit of word play with Finlayson, and that rather large frying pan "to cook his goose" great stuff.
posted January 10, 2017 11:11 AM
Except for the MGM lion, all else is original - Bought this from Blackhawk back when, choice condition - Important entry to the canon, being the last short (which in my opinion was a mistake, as Roach should have let them continue with shorts as long as they had a mind to. Features could have been worked on once in a while. Our Gang continued making shorts, why not L&H?) - Shorty
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From: Wyckoff, NJ, USA
Registered: Jun 2015
posted January 10, 2017 04:32 PM
Mine does not have the roaring lion intro, but it does have the "L&H in" title card with Leo toward the bottom.
Considering that they abandoned shorts, the feature output should have been much greater, but it wasn't. 1937 saw only one starring feature, as did 1939. And as we know, Roach interfered too much with the features.