The film focuses on two new york street hustlers, jake okeefe and barney rodriguez who head down. Laurel and hardy play a hotels footman and doorman who accidentally rip off the dress of a society woman an 18yearold. After working as a film extra, harlow signed a contract with the producer hal roach, under which she briefly but memorably bared her soontobefamous legs in. Laurel and hardy perfect day 1929 super colorized full film funny comedy.
He stars with michael okeefe in 1986s the whoopee boys. Double whoopee the short boasts a larger cast than usual, and is a particular showcase for the always underrated talents of oliver hardy. Double whoopee liberty towed in a hole, criminals at large. Actress jean harlow in a scene from the movie double whoopee photo by donaldson. Laurel and hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 1921 and 1951. This dvd offers us the novelty of a latterday talkie version of their 1929 silent, double whoopee, with a memorable walk on by a young jean harlow. The crown jewel of volume two is a restored nitrate camera negative of double whoopee 1929. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, jean harlow, chet brandenburg. Gable said he felt like he was in the arms of a ghost during the final touches of the film. What sets this short apart is that one of the victims is a teenage, prefame jean harlow. For the few people who dont already know this, all that had previously been known to survive was the condensed version prepared in the late 1950s by robert youngson for his compilation film the golden age of comedy. Their silents were released by image as a series called the lost films of laurel and hardy double whoopee is on disc 2 but the series quickly fell out of print and prices are outrageous for used copies. Its plot closely follows the 1928 stage show produced by florenz ziegfeld.
Double whoopee 1929 stream and watch online moviefone. Dvd movies bluray movies stars director sex toys adult studio toy mfg gay studio adult vod gay dvds. Ive seen just about all of the comedy duos sound films, but not as many of the silents. If you enjoyed this blog entry, click here to read my. Double whoopee may 18, 1929 silent special sound version exits berth marks june 1, 1929 sound short. The staff of a swank broadway hotel is all atwitter due to the imminent arrival of the monocled, uniformed prince hans joby aka captain john peters. Pages in category tvfilm the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 385 total. Jean harlow in double whoopee 1929 oliver hardy, jean harlow, stan laurel, and rolfe sedan in double. She comes on snorting, smoking, eyes so screwed up they barely function looking as if she has been badly assembled from an ikea kit. Fries film archief, who with lobster films, restored the 1924 stan laurel short detained including the complete hanging scene, and the long lost second part of the film. The newspapers are mostly to blame for the wrong quote, often putting the caption to go with a funny picture.
Silence is golden a complete compendium of gags pt1. Double whoopee 1929 is one of the bestknown of laurel and hardys silent tworeelers produced at hal roach studios in the late 1920s. The film focuses on two new york street hustlers, jake okeefe and barney rodriguez who head down to palm springs, florida to escape the cold of the north. War, and was even funnier then because the humor was really dependent upon dialogue. Double whoopee 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Liberty we faw down the lucky dog love em and weep along came auntie oliver hardy solo film bromo and juliet charley chase film. Sep 06, 2015 still, it is gough who is the major pull. Full movie in hd visit movie 108224 western sheriff bob wells is preparing to marry sally morgan. An exclusive new york hotel is abuzz with excitement. These early silent films of laurel and hardy represent the formative years during which stan laurel first developed and honed all the gags and set pieces that. July 5, 2017 the swanky downtown hotel is all of a flutter because the badtempered prince of some european despotism is about to arrive, along with his unhappy countrys prime minister. The laurel and hardy film set entirely in a hotel lobby and in the street just outside it. Rent the whoopee boys 1986 on dvd and bluray netflix.
Double whoopee i recently took a look at several jean harlow films, and learned today that she appeared in a laurel and hardy short, a silent film from 1929 called double whoopee. B in addition to these, laurel and hardy appeared in at least 20 foreignlanguage versions of their films and a promotional film, galaxy of stars 1936, made for. The boxes will generally be in excellent to like new condition unless noted otherwise. Note implication that whoopee just refers to a cowgirls yell. It was shot during february 1929 and released by metrogoldwynmayer on may 18. Double whoopee 1929 two inept employees stan laurel, oliver hardy at a posh hotel inflict indignities on guests and staff alike.
But todays film, which didnt get a very big release, has him as one of the leads. Under ordinary circumstances the very idea of an overtly selfconscious art film is likely one to make even the most dyedinthewool cinephile want to curl up in a fetal position in a corner for, say, the average length of a selfconscious art film. The double is a confusing and overly ambiguous film, and isnt worth the trouble of figuring out. I actually liked the version of double whoopee with sound dubbed in better than i had expected to, but it can get more than just a little annoying, having sound effects and speech dubbed. Mar 01, 2015 and this is where double whoopee comes into the picture. The jean harlow scene begins precisely at the 14 minute mark. Double whoopee duck soup early to bed finishing touch, the fixeruppers, the flying deuces, the flying elephants 45 minutes from hollywood from soup to nuts going byebye. What they can achieve is to quiet the wearer and to prevent them from speaking words. The film had to be finished by long angle shots using a double. In 1970, this became the first silent film to have a dialogue track dubbed onto it principally by chuck. The staff of a swank broadway hotel is all atwitter due to the imminent arrival of the monocled, uniformed. Great guns habeas corpus hats off haunting we will go, a helpmates hog wild hollywood party hollywood revue of 1929, the hoosegow, the jitterbugs laughing gravy laurelhardy.
Laurel and hardy play the roles of a doorman at an upper class hotel. Jun 17, 2016 but todays film, which didnt get a very big release, has him as one of the leads. Oct 18, 2018 double whoopee i recently took a look at several jean harlow films, and learned today that she appeared in a laurel and hardy short, a silent film from 1929 called double whoopee. Rent the whoopee boys 1986 starring michael okeefe and paul rodriguez on dvd and bluray. Double whoopee laurel and hardy movie super 8mm silent blackhawk films. Laurel and hardy in dirty work 1933 precode complete. Jun 06, 2014 laurel and hardy, double whoopee, 1929 silent. Scroll down for the full tracklisting, and preorder it here. O ver the weekend, a couple of tv experiences converged to drive this song into my head on sunday, we watched the great otto premingerdirected film of 1959, anatomy of a murder. Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts, a 45 sound shorts, and 27 fulllength sound feature films. Well, heres another nice mess youve gotten me into. The short boasts a larger cast than usual, and is a particular showcase for the always underrated talents of oliver hardy.
Double whoopee early to bed sugar daddies oranges and lemons stan laurel solo film roughest africa stan laurel solo film lost films of laurel and hardy vol 3. London film festival screening notes, 8 october 2015 the longawaited restoration of the battle of the century had its first uk screening at bfi southbank on 8 october 2015 with a second screening scheduled for the 16 th. Which i suppose qualifies the double as something of a miracle. And this is where double whoopee comes into the picture. The basic purpose of a gag is to prevent the wearer from talking or communicating in any way, however the reality is very few gags totally silence a person especially from making noises unlike the gags you see on tv. Alas, the silent laurel and hardy shorts are pretty hard to come by. Double whoopee as a talkie jean harlow, stan laurel, oliver. Double whoopee film still actress jean harlow in a scene from the movie double whoopee photo by donaldson collectiongetty images textfortogglebutton1065236456. B in addition to these, laurel and hardy appeared in at least 20 foreignlanguage versions of their films and a. This restoration was carried out by lobster films of paris, whose logo also preceded the copies of youre darn tootin, double whoopee and big business that formed the. Double whoopee, full movie on youtube double whoopee on imdb double whoopee at the tcm movie database double whoopee at. The famous catch phrase of laurel and hardy is often missquoted as well, heres another fine mess youve gotten us into, the actual correct quote is well, heres another nice mess youve gotten me into. Double whoopee 1929 20min comedy, short 18 may 1929 usa stanley and oliver, in their new jobs as footman and doorman at a ritzy hotel, wreak their usual havoc on the guests, including partially undressing a swanky blonde guest and repeatedly.
Jimmy stewart plays a defense attorney for a confessed killer, an army lieutenant. Jul 05, 2017 the laurel and hardy film set entirely in a hotel lobby and in the street just outside it. The recently discovered complete reel two was, of course, the main attraction of this screening. Silent film english original intertitles double whoopee is a 1929 hal roach studios silent short comedy starring laurel and hardy. Record numbers of fans poured into americas movie theaters to see the film. They also add a psychological effect within bdsm play increasing the subs sense of.
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