The Best of Classic Comedy Teams, Volume 1 & 2 (2 DVD Set) ~ New

Description: CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS The Greatest Comedy Teams Deliver Great Laughs Steve Allen hosts this compilation of classic scenes starring the screens greatest comedy teams, following them from their roots in vaudeville, burlesque, and nightclubs to their verbal and visual gems on film and TV. Meet early pioneers like Amos & Andy, Wheeler & Woolsey, and Clark & McCullough, and come to the Hal Roach Studios, where Our Gang and Laurel & Hardy successfully made the transition to talking pictures. See Stan and Ollies first pairing, the Three Stooges with straightman Ted Healy, the uncut version of Abbott & Costellos "Whos on First?," and rare footage of the Marx Brothers, Hope & Crosby, and Burns & Allen. From the silent antics of the Keystone Kops to the early live TV appearances of Martin & Lewis, this one-of-a-kind documentary offers teamwork of the funniest kind, with entertainment for families and collectors alike. Produced by SANDY OLIVERI & PAUL HARRIS Directed by DAVID BERGMAN A MOVIETIME INC./BERGMAN-HARRIS PRODUCTION Approximately 110 minutes Color and Black & White UTOPIA See Laurel and Hardy in Their Final Film In their final film, Laurel and Hardy inherit a yacht docked in Marseille and an island in the South Seas, but when they try to sail one to the other, they are shipwrecked on a nameless atoll that rises out of the Pacific. Accompanied by chef Antoine (Max Elloy), a "stateless man," and Giovanni Copini (Adriano Rimoldi), a stowaway, Stan and Ollie establish a tropical paradise using Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe as their guide. Soon, Eden gets its Eve in the form of Chérie Lamour (Suzy Delair), a vivacious French singer fleeing a failed romance, who brings an unwelcome note of temptation and competition into their little island fraternity. Also known as Atoll K, Escapade, and Robinson Crusoeland, the film was shot in France in 1950, but its release was delayed for several years due to the controversy surrounding blacklisted codirector John Berry

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