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In 1999 - The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy "For Love or Mummy"
a film starring BRENT SPINER (Laurel) & GAILARD SARTAINE (Hardy) was released - in keeping with the legacy & magic that is L&H it is worth a watch! 'I have nothing more to say about that!'
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In 1999 - The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy "For Love or Mummy"
a film starring BRENT SPINER (Laurel) & GAILARD SARTAINE (Hardy) was released - in keeping with the legacy & magic that is L&H it is worth a watch! 'I have nothing more to say about that!'
There's no mention of it on Spiner's imdb or his Wikipedia page. Where are you seeing this?
Edit: I found it under Gailard Sartaine. Laurel was played by Bronson Pinchot in that.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143096/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6
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Just done a bit of a search on this For Love Or Mummy film, which I'd never even heard of before. Doesn't have the best reviews, and seems to have gone straight to video. Can't say I'm too impressed with the clips I've seen. An odd idea really, doing a film playing Stan and Ollie as their onscreen characters, with new middle names no less.
Of course Larry Harmon's name reveals much. He is the one who put out those pretty poor cartoons, and somehow managed to claim ownership of the L&H brand. Some seem to accuse him of ripping off the boys' wives to get this.
And while I do agree that Abbott and Costello can't hold a candle to L&H as a team, I do remember enjoying their monster comedies as a kid. And to be fair that seems to be the inspiration for doing the Mummy with Laurel and Hardy. From what I can make out it looks like similar eighties/nineties comedy films.
I think the new film is a much more serious attempt to put Stan and Ollie back on the big screen, and remind folks why they were so good. One reason for this is the amount of pathos that comes across with their characters being innocents, like children. They're simply not the wisecracking world weary types that populate much comedy of today.
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What gets me everytime is there mannerisms.
Like when stan smashes up something of findlayson's, he usually gives an emphatic and deliberate nod downwards as if to say Ha! How d'ya like that, buster!?
And ollie's equivalent after hes done damage where he claps his hands up n down like hes got dust on them, and then wiggles his fingers.
And the "Mmmmmm mmmmmm."
Just brill
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Ollie's greatest mannerism 'the l@@k' of frustration & despair into the film camera from Stan's incompetence
at......anything - Priceless! Stan being, well just dumb - perfect!
James 'Scot' Finlayson's invention of 'd'oh!' Charlie Hall came from Birmingham UK!
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Ollie's greatest mannerism 'the l@@k' of frustration & despair into the film camera from Stan's incompetence
at......anything - Priceless! Stan being, well just dumb - perfect!
James 'Scot' Finlayson's invention of 'd'oh!' Charlie Hall came from Birmingham UK!
Yes, that look at the camera, breaking the fourth wall is it called? Perfect. Iconic, because for a very long time after no one would dare do it for fear of being accused of doing an Oliver Hardy, because of course it's verging on criminal to do that! Ollie claimed it for his own and gets away with it brilliantly. I'd go as far as to say it's one of the things I like most when watching their films.
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I cannot wait attending a private screening next weekend for fan club members!
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I cannot wait attending a private screening next weekend for fan club members!
Which club? Sons of the Desert? If so, which Tent?
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I'll answer my own question then! I'm assuming the "private screening" was one I was invited to last night at the Sheffield Brats UK thirtieth 'University' party. Pub closed to the public for the evening, a performance of my friend Andy Shepard's one man play The Fiddle and the Bow, and a return visit (after we went to them earlier this year) from the Sailors Beware Tent of Hyde (near Manchester). Oh, and plenty of real ale flowing, with food in the shape of a pie and pea supper (with home made chips and 'Balti' pies!).
A great time was had by all, and I was invited to the 'do' in Kent, which I believe is hosted by the Helpmates Tent, right? They do appear to be a mainly commercial bunch. Our meetings are monthly, and virtually free (one pound in the pot as a subscription). They appear to have just a few 'conventions' every year. Unfortunately, I haven't got the time or money to afford the trip. Hope it's a success. It obviously will be.
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I love it - the stan n ollie Sons of the desert have "tents" !!
Now thats a proper fanclub!!
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Is it not slightly peculiar 8 of you sitting in a pub with a canvas tent pulled over your heads?
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Is it not slightly peculiar 8 of you sitting in a pub with a canvas tent pulled over your heads?
Not when you're making your way through several lovely pints of real ale that a pub like the Harlequin specialises in. Such things for (often) THIRTY of us during these times are as dust in the desert wind. Only our camels get the hump..
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If yes, can you give a quick comment about Rolfe Kent's score?
If only Kev. Plus, don't you think you'd know by now?! Hell, I swear that the publicity for the London premier stated that it was also getting a limited showing in other selected parts of the UK, for which I was hoping Sheffield might be in with a shout. From what I can see THE red carpet premiere was in London's Leicester Square Cineworld, and a Curzon cinema a few miles away still in London. MaestraX says he's at the "private fan club" showing tomorrow night, which I was invited to, but can't afford the cash or the time for.
We have BOTH a Cineworld and a Curzon in Sheffield, but try as I might I could not find any evidence of further showings. Still, it's only January. Our Tent will be going in force, and I'll be seeing it with my family as well probably.
I too am eager to hear the score. Hopefully there'll be a cd release.
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