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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 09, 2007 08:21 PM
Just for completelness, I would love to find a copy of "Atoll K"
(also called "Utopia") It was the last film the two made and granted, it's certianly not prime Laurel and Hardy), there's a lot of dubbing in it from the foreign actors, but there are some good moments. ( A little editing would help the picture as well).
I have seen prints of this on Super 8 out there, and even though it's a lacklustre L&H film, it still gets top dollar,
(no doubt, mostly because of it's rarity on Super 8mm)
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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted March 11, 2007 10:26 PM
Agreed,
Colorization has had a
terrible effect on B&W Films.
Joerg,
If you do remember the name of the
colorized 8mm L&H film that Andec released,
please inform us here on the Forum.
Just some background on March of the Wooden
Soldiers is that when Good Times Video
originally released the first colorized
version around 15 years ago,
I was dubious of the content and resentful that
companies were mining gold in
films that were perfectly suited
in B&W.
However knowing that it was Stan's
wish for Babes in Toyland to be
shot in color, I took a chance at the colorized
video version and agreed that it was done very
well at the time. Even better than most
colorized movies.
It was also good to see that
the mouse character that constantly
feuds with the Cat and the Fiddle
is actually Mickey Mouse. Because his
knickers are red with yellow buttons.
Walt Disney's association with the
Boys and Hal Roach was very generous
to the making of this film.
Think about it for a moment,that
every time the Three Little Pigs
are featured, their theme song is
played in the film. Thus,it is without
a doubt this song is copyrighted by
Disney.
Stan and Ollies original characters
were originally to be Simple Simon
and the Pieman, but instead they
became Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum,
as a spin off of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.
In the color '38 Silly Symphony Cartoon
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Disney has both Stan and Ollie
as Simon and the Pieman.
This too a Derann release.
Now from what I had learned, there
is recent video colorized release of
March of the Wooden Soldiers that has both the
colorized and B&W versions on a DVD.
Plus, this new release uses an improved
method of colorization that goes beyond
the earlier days of this medium.
Some Three Stooges videos have also been
made with this new process, and the
discs include the B&W original forms too.
If anyone has March of the Wooden Soldiers
and Mother Goose Goes Hollywood on 8mm film,
it make for a nice Film presentation with
invited guests.
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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!
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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 815
From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted March 12, 2007 05:38 AM
If I recall correctly, the film (and the German title) was revering to Sea and/or Sailors, so it's most likely "Saps At Sea" (or "Atoll K", "Sailors, Beware", "Men O'War", "Any Old Port!"... *sigh* too many possibilities!)
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) for approx. 150DM. Since the film was unstriped + I didn't have much money at that time + I didn't like the colourized versions shown on TV, I didn't bought a print... this was probably a mistake since I haven't seen any colourized Super8-print ever since...
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