Extant Laurel Films

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David B Pearson
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Extant Laurel Films

Postby David B Pearson » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:14 am

Which of these are still around?

1917 Nuts in May
1918 O, It's Great to Be Crazy
1918 Bears and Bad Men
1918 No Place Like Jail
1918 Phoney Photos
1918 Who's Zoo?
1918 Hickory Hiram
1919 Hoot Mon!
1922 The Pest
1922 The Weak-End Party
1923 Scorching Sands
1923 Save the Ship
1923 The Whole Truth
1923 Gas and Air
1923 Collars and Cuffs
1923 The Handy Man
1923 When Knights Were Cold
1923 The Garage
1924 Monsieur Don't Care
1924 Wide Open Spaces
1924 Brothers Under the Chin
1925 Twins
1925 Cowboys Cry for It

Thanks.

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Joe Moore » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:51 am

1917 Nuts in May LOST
1918 O, It's Great to Be Crazy LOST
1918 Bears and Bad Men EXTANT
1918 No Place Like Jail LOST
1918 Phoney Photos LOST
1918 Who's Zoo? LOST
1918 Hickory Hiram LOST
1919 Hoot Mon! LOST
1922 The Pest EXTANT
1922 The Weak-End Party EXTANT
1923 Scorching Sands EXTANT
1923 Save the Ship EXTANT
1923 The Whole Truth EXTANT
1923 Gas and Air EXTANT
1923 Collars and Cuffs EXTANT
1923 The Handy Man EXTANT
1923 When Knights Were Cold EXTANT
1923 The Garage
1924 Monsieur Don't Care LOST
1924 Wide Open Spaces EXTANT
1924 Brothers Under the Chin LOST
1925 Twins EXTANT
1925 Cowboys Cry for It

Not all of the extant films are necessarily complete or in the best of condition in their surviving prints.

Joe Moore
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Steve Massa
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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Steve Massa » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:07 am

Hi David
If you can access Rob Stone's excellent book LAUREL OR HARDY, it will answer all your questions and provide a ton of other info to boot. As far as the specific titles you've asked about, these are the ones I've seen and know exist:

BEARS AND BAD MEN
THE PEST - MoMA
THE WEAK-END PARTY - 1 reel LOC
SCORCHING SANDS
SAVE THE SHIP
COLLARS AND CUFFS
THE HANDY MAN
WIDE OPEN SPACES - chunks
TWINS

There are thought to be chunks and sequences from NUTS IN MAY in Laurel's 1922 short MIXED NUTS. I think THE GARAGE and COWBOYS CRY FOR IT are working titles for other shorts. I'm sure Rob has the specifics on that, and may also know if the rumors about LOC having a dupe negative on WHEN KNIGHTS ARE COLD are true.

Most of the above Laurel titles are in the collection of Lobster Films, and Serge Bromberg has put most of them out on DVD in either Europe or America.

Steve

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Steve Massa » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:08 am

I've also seen THE WHOLE TRUTH and GAS AND AIR, but forgot to list them in my typing frenzy.

Steve

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby David B Pearson » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:04 am

Thanks to both Joe and Steve. This was a big help!

David

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Gary Johnson » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:52 pm

Steve Massa wrote:
Most of the above Laurel titles are in the collection of Lobster Films, and Serge Bromberg has put most of them out on DVD in either Europe or America.

Steve


Does anyone know how Bromberg happen to aquire all of these titles? Is there a story behind it or just accumulated years of digging?

Gary J.

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Steve Massa » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:26 pm

Serge is a friend of mine, and it's his overall love of the films. In all his years of digging he's had a real knack for finding lost films.

Steve

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Richard M Roberts » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:40 pm

LOC has the first reel of WHEN KNIGHTS WERE COLD, and, if they get their lab up and running in time, there's a good chance that it will be one of ROB STONES RARITIES st Slapsticon 2010.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

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Re: Extant Laurel Films

Postby Rob Stone » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:09 pm

COWBOYS CRY FOR IT is the working (and preview) title for SHOULD TALL MEN MARRY? THE GARAGE must be GAS & AIR.

So much for WHEN KNIGHTS WERE COLD being the big surprise of my show at SLAPSTICON 2010!! But yes you can bank on seeing the surviving reel of the film at S'10.

By the way, I am going to have some really cool stuff in my show.

Rob


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