Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302034486
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6302034485
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: 1997-10-06
Running Time: 68
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1932-09-17

Customer Rating:
Summary: Nothing but joy
Comment: This was the boys' second feature film, and I feel it's one of their best. It kind of begins like their 1927 short 'Duck Soup,' only in the short the boys are trying to evade service with the forest rangers, who need help in putting out a fire, and in PUYT they're trying to get out of serving in WWI. However, they can't get away with this for very long, and eventually are pressed into duty. The scenes in the trenches and at the barracks are pure classic L&H, one constant laugh-riot all of the way through, particularly when they're capturing all of the Germans without even realising what they're doing!

During their time as soldiers, they become buddies with a friendly young fellow named Eddie, whose wife is divorcing him. Sadly, Eddie doesn't make it home from the war, but out of friendship, the boys determine to find Eddie's baby (who is being raised by Eddie's less than likeable in-laws) and take care of her until they can locate Eddie's parents and turn the little girl over to her. This is the story that takes up most of the movie. The scenes with the cute little girl are just great, and really sweet, showing how genuine their affection for children really was. To support the child and themselves, the boys run a lunch wagon. However, the authorities find out about what's going on, and from then on out the three of them have to stay one step ahead of the people who are after them, the people who want them to turn Eddie's baby back to her maternal grandparents. While they are constantly trying to elude the authorities, they are also trying in earnest to find the girl's paternal grandparents, Eddie's parents. However, Eddie's last name was Smith, which means that they're going to more than just a few houses in the area!

This would be one of my top picks to recommend to someone who only knows L&H through their shorts. They might not be as well-known for their feature-length films, but that doesn't mean that their features are any less perfect and side-splitting than their shorter films.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pack Up Your Troubles
Comment: An amusing Laurel & Hardy film. Definitly worth getting. My favorite scene was after Hardy hit Laurel over the head with a baseball bat to wake him up...laurel returns the favor by beaning a ball off of Hardy's head. That was funny.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pure Laurel and Hardy
Comment: By 1932 the Stan and Ollie characters were solidified and their movie making process was in full swing. "Pack Up.." was a spectacular feature success made during the height of their two-reeler campaign. The bank loan and boot camp drill scenes are hilarious. Not all of their Hal Roach features are completely satisfying; some of the later post-Roach ones are negligible. This 1932 effort gets a strong FIVE stars!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A really great movie!
Comment: Stan and Ollie are at it again, and this time they've got another partner, a little girl. You could laugh till you died watching the two bumbling idiots as they try to find the grandparents of "Eddie's baby" by going to see every Smith in the telephone book! The little girl is just so adorable! I loved the scene where she puts Stan to sleep with her Goldie Locks an the Three Bears story. The way that she makes her voice go so deep and wakes up Stan is adorable! I loved it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A timeless classic of pure comedy!
Comment: The "boys" are their usual classic misfits.The drill sergeant should have recieved an oscar for his performance!This sequence alone is worth the price!Don't miss this one.

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