Laurel And Hardy - No. 10 - Snow! - Classic Shorts (DVD)

Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Laughing Gravy (b/w, extended edition) Laughing Gravy (b/w, original edition) Laughing Gravy (colourised, extended edition) Be Big / Laughing Gravy (combined French version) Slipping Wives (b/w, silent with musical score) The Fixer Uppers (b/w) The Fixer Uppers (colourised) A collection of classic Laurel & Hardy shorts - and a foreign-language feature - set amid the snow! 'The Fixer Uppers' takes us to a French-influenced artists' neighbourhood, where greeting-card salesmen Stan and Ollie agree to help a woman whose husband has been neglecting her. To arouse the husband's jealousy, Ollie poses as her lover - and is challenged to a duel! For comparison, this compilation also includes 'Slipping Wives', an early, pre-teaming appearance of L&H on which the plot of 'The Fixer Uppers' was based. In 'Laughing Gravy', Stan and Ollie defy their landlord by keeping a small dog in their lodgings, and have to brave the elements when their pet is thrown out. This compilation includes the original two-reel version, as released in 1931, alongside extended material incorporating a rediscovered third reel that was never released at the time. This longer version, introducing an entirely new twist to the plot, is also featured in 'Les Carottiers', a French-language edition - with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue - that combines 'Laughing Gravy' with another L&H film of the period, 'Be Big'.

Colourised versions
Regions 2/4