Sunday, April 26, 2009

Another Fine Mess and The Music Box

Another Fine Mess and The Music Box are 2 Laurel and Hardy short films that are on a DVD we have. The Husband picked them because this DVD is one of a pitiful few light comedies in our stack of DVDs to be watched.

There is an overview and commentary of Another Fine Mess here. I can't find a site where it's viewable online.

The Music Box won the first Academy Award for live action short film. It can be viewed online via Veoh:

Watch 03. The Music Box (1932).avi in Comedy  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

There's an overview and commentary here. FilmReference.com describes it as "the quintessence of this duo of incompetence" and says,
The Music Box was considered by Stan Laurel to be the best short he and Oliver Hardy created.... This three-reeler ranks with some of the best short works of silent screen comedians Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton.

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