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Topic: What is your favorite Laurel and Hardy Feature?
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted July 21, 2009 10:57 PM
I like "Way out West" but I think that some of it is a little overplayed. Stan's whole "laugh attack" runs a little too long, (personal opinion), but it does have one of they're best dance routines, and I liked that "Trail of the Lonesome Pine".
I personally find musical numbers as distraction in comedies. Perhaps that's why I like "Blockheads" so much. Even "Sons of the Desert" has that musical number in the middle of the film during the "convention scene" that seems like padding to me.
However, no one could take on a musical number like good ole "Babe". Ollie had a wonderful singing voice. The story was quite similar for Groucho Marx. he put on his "wise-guy voice/persona" when he performed, and most people only heard that voice, but in some other recordings he did, he actually sang quite well.
By the way, I edited my review of "Blockheads", in case anyone would be interested.
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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