The Best of Laurel and Hardy (In Color)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy (In Color) starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy (In Color) – A colorized collection of sketches from Laurel and Hardy’s short films. It’s a short collection, running just 84 minutes. I have to say, I’ve seen the various skits before (see the list below), but it’s a treat to see them in color. The colorization’s not bad, for what it’s worth. You can watch it on Amazon Prime, but I personally watched it on Tubi TV.

Colorized scenes from:

Night Owls (coerced by patrolman Edgar Kennedy to break into the house of his chief, James Finlayson. So Kennedy can “catch” them and look good).
Below Zero (street musicians involved in a snowball fight)
One Good Turn (auctioning their car to “help” a little old woman)
The Live Ghost (sea captain Walter Long hired them to Shanghai him a crew – paying a dollar a head)
Pardon Us (making beer during prohibition – and Stanley sells some to a cop! Ending them up in prison. And Stan sees the prison dentist to get his tooth pulled. But Ollie getting his pulled by mistake! They actually foil a prison riot. Never give Stan a machine gun!)
Laughing Gravy (“if the landlord finds out we’ve got a dog here, he’ll throw us out …”. Leading to total chaos)
Be Big! (Stan and Ollie want to sneak out to a wild party at their lodge. But they’ve got each other’s boots on …. Leading to slapstick gold)
County Hospital (Oliver’s peacefully recuperating in a hospital, until Stanley visits him. And nearly destroys the room. And pushes poor Billy Gilbert out a window! Causing poor Oliver to get thrown out!)
Our Wife (Oliver’s eloping with Dulcie — if Stan’s “help” doesn’t ruin everything!)
Their First Mistake (Oliver’s wife is understandably upset over spending all of his time with Stan)
Our Relations (Stan and Ollie’s twin brothers, sailors, get swindled by James Finlayson. Then they have to deliver a package for their captain at a beer garden. When Stan and Ollie are also going! Mistaken identity confusion abounds. The longest segment of the compilation.)