Laurel and Hardy in The Battle of the Century (1927)

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@jeffreyfridkis4811 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! At last You Tube uploaded this complete version of Laurel & Hardy's 1927 short THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY! Beautifully restored to the way it was shown in it's initial release. Just fantastic. Be sure to watch for Lou Costello as a ringside spectator in the fight sequence.

@debbutcher9087 2 жыл бұрын

Lou Costello is really hard to spot because he’s much younger and much thinner. Also, Bud Abbott isn’t with him. Lol! There’s a relatively good shot of him at 2:14.

@tracym.tolzmann3596 Жыл бұрын

Costello failed in his attempts to enter the movies at this time. He left Hollywood, returning to New Jersey, where he ended up meeting Bud Abbott -- and the rest, as they say, is history.

@radicalross7700 2 ай бұрын

@@debbutcher9087Yep. There's Lou, third from the left, ringside. He was 21 years old, barely old enough to drink. Too bad 1927 was the height of Prohibition. It's also too bad there was never an "Abbott & Costello Meet Laurel & Hardy" movie.

@debbutcher9087 2 ай бұрын

@@radicalross7700 Abbott and Costello meet Laurel and Hardy!? I can’t even imagine what that film would have been like. lol!

@Whatt787 Ай бұрын

@@radicalross7700 At 2:14 and 3:49 to 3:54

@michaelway7936 Ай бұрын

Simply put: the best pie throwing scene ever filmed 🎥

@StephenCice 4 ай бұрын

I think that woman said "thank you" to Stan Laurel at 13:23 for that gesture he did.

@chairforceoneYT Жыл бұрын

1927 and still had me laughing out loud at several parts

@3nails3days1way Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jpsym9 Жыл бұрын

That had to be so much fun to record.

@esmeephillips5888 Жыл бұрын

The first title talks of 'ringside seats extended as far as Honolulu'. This is a gag at the expense of chiseling fight promoters. For the epic Dempsey-Tunney match at Soldier Field, Chicago in 1927, Tex Rickaŕd sold 'ringside' seats 70 rows from the ropes.

@tracym.tolzmann3596 Жыл бұрын

The Tunney-Dempsey fight was September 22, 1927. BATTLE was released to theaters on December 31, 1927 -- a pretty quick turn-around, even for the silent era!

@StephenCice 5 ай бұрын

Get your pies for The Great Pie Fight!

@Ourladyrules Жыл бұрын

truly a delight, thank you!

@MediaArchiveMike Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! You are welcome.

@Ourladyrules Жыл бұрын

@@MediaArchiveMike broadcasting these films is important job, not just for us senior citizens but for newer generations to see also, as they sadly stopped airing on television many decades ago. i thank you again sir. God Bless 🌺

@thewordkeeper Жыл бұрын

At the start of the movie the guy in the second row on the right, second from the right, is Lou Costello. I read on Wikipedia that he could 'clearly be seen sitting ringside.' Wow what an extra treat to see in a few years a successor, not thee' successor, of the golden age of comedy teams.

@misterme795 11 ай бұрын

hey at what time do you see costello? thanks

@thewordkeeper 11 ай бұрын

@@misterme795 Costello can be seen around the 5:53 minute Mark on in the bottom right corner. He's right in between two guys with the handkerchief in his left pocket. Wikipedia "He (Costello) can also be spotted sitting ringside in the Laurel and Hardy film The Battle of the Century (1927)."

@Whatt787 Ай бұрын

@@misterme795 3:49 to 3:54, lower left

@Whatt787 Ай бұрын

@@thewordkeeper 3:49 to 3:54 at ringside, lower left

@Whatt787 Ай бұрын

and at 2:14

@kirkmorgan-austin8361 7 ай бұрын

Now we know where The Brady Bunch got their inspiration for that visit to the movie studio!

@christianhardtofind6349 3 ай бұрын

Sadly there's still a middle section of this film that's missing. There's a sequence with Eugene Pallette as an insurance agent that hasn't turned up yet. As a huge fan of his role in "The Lady Eve," I'd sure love to see that part!

@chrislassiter7862 4 ай бұрын

That poor lady at the end with the leg shake had me done.🤣

@BlueLineGroovy 11 ай бұрын

Oliver is so dashing !!

@Whatt787 Ай бұрын

At 2:14 Lou Costello is right there at ringside

@Whatt787 Ай бұрын

3:49 to 3:54 that's 21 years old LOU COSTELLO at ringside on the left part of the screen, easier to see on your big TV

@EricBrunoBorgman Жыл бұрын

I find the music overbearing and takes away from the film. This in my opinion happens a lot with these new tracks being put over on older films. The music upstages the footage. I just slapped some Bix on and it fit better.

@xak999 Жыл бұрын

I agree. the sound tone alone tells you the music is from a different century than what's going on in the film.

@EricBrunoBorgman Жыл бұрын

@@xak999 You're right. That might be why it's so jarring.

@juano578 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that intro to Bix. Googled the word. Realized Dorsey was kickin it w him at the time. Picked out Davenport Blues out of the blue. Replayed battle of the Century w/ Bix, as you suggested, and everything is back aligned in the universe.

@EricBrunoBorgman Жыл бұрын

@@juano578 LOL! :)

@tracym.tolzmann3596 Жыл бұрын

The soundtrack was slapped together from Public Domain recordings to avoid copyright infringement. The score on the commercial release of this film (L&H Definitive Restorations) is a wonderful -- COPYRIGHTED -- score! Richard W. Bann's commentary track on the DVD and BluRay releases (which is longer than the 18-1/2 minute film) is wonderful and informative.

@lepterfirefall Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@knockedoutloaded279 Жыл бұрын

wasn't this lost for years....

@MediaArchiveMike Жыл бұрын

Yes it was.

@tracym.tolzmann3596 Жыл бұрын

For over 55 years, only 3-1/2 minutes of the pie fight was extant, comprised of the footage of BATTLE OF THE CENTURY that was used in Robert Youngson's compilation THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY in 1957. In 1975, Leonard Maltin discovered a nitrate copy of the first reel of the film in the archives of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. The footage was restored to the film, but is missing about 1-1/2 minutes from the end of the reel. Production stills and captions filled the gap. In 2015, film collector Dr. Jon Mirsalis discovered that he had the complete second reel of BATTLE in a 16mm print down from the original 35mm camera negative. It had been made by Robert Youngson as a reference when he was producing his hit 1957 compilation. The 400-foot reel of 16mm film sat unnoticed for 58 years, having gone through many collectors' hands following Youngson's death. Everyone presumed the reel of film was just the 3-1/2 minute long sequence used in GOLDEN AGE. Mirsalis realized the reel was a full 400 feet rather than a mere 50 feet, and when he screened the film, he discovered he had "found" a long-lost part of comedy film history. He had a new negative made of the positive 16mm print, and the film was digitally restored. Since then, the print has since fallen victim to "vinegar syndrome," so the discovery and restoration came in the nick of time or the complete second reel would have been lost to history! The only commercial release of the footage is on the DVD "Laurel & Hardy -- the Definitive Restorations" -- All films from 1927 and earlier are now in the Public Domain. THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY was released on December 31, 1927.

@MediaArchiveMike Жыл бұрын

@@tracym.tolzmann3596 Thank You for sharing this information.

@geetasawhney5373 Жыл бұрын

So soooo hilarious 😂

@stevesanderson3349 Жыл бұрын

Great film and thanks for uploading it! The titles after the film say there's a commentary track, is one available?

@MediaArchiveMike Жыл бұрын

The commentary track would be on the DVD release, I think it was part of a Laurel and Hardy boxset. You can Google it to be sure which release it is on before you try to find it on Amazon or Ebay.

@85gripen Жыл бұрын

This was uploaded from the Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations, available on DVD and Blu ray.

@MediaArchiveMike Жыл бұрын

@@85gripen Thank You.

@tracym.tolzmann3596 Жыл бұрын

The film image is in the Public Domain -- the audio commentary tracks are newly copyrighted, as is the score for the film that was custom-made for the DVD release "Definitive Restorations," so they are NOT PD. The soundtrack on this KZbin posting is made up of Public Domain recordings and not specifically synchronized to the film.

@ttwopercent Жыл бұрын

Still funny 😆

@radicalross7700 2 ай бұрын

Aww, Stan! If only you had gone to a neutral corner, you would have won the fight. But no one ever laughed at a Laurel and Hardy movie because the boys did something right.

@hubraden Жыл бұрын

Grauman’s Hollywood Boulevard Egyptian Movie Palace - movie Premiere’s - always - were staged with men dressed as Egyptian Guards holding Lances - girls dressed like Egyptian court servants - posed on the forecourt roof . These performer’s were hired from the students who were-enrolled at the Hollywood High School - located four blocks from the film Theater. The practice continued through the 1940-1950’s.

@manuelarmada7107 25 күн бұрын

I don't understand why in the last 9 minutes of the video the phrase "COMMENTARY TRACK CONTINUES.." appears along with some photos of the recording being repeated over and over again 🙄. Can someone please explain it? Thanks 🙏

@MediaArchiveMike 25 күн бұрын

@@manuelarmada7107 the source of this video was the DVD, which had an optional commentary track.

@johndemeen5575 Ай бұрын

Wrong music. Better muted.

@Circlotron Жыл бұрын

Dorothy Coburn at 12:40.

@85gripen Жыл бұрын

She was the woman Stan Laurel kept chasing in Putting Pants on Philip, also released in 1927. My favorite is Anita Garvin slipping on the pie in The Battle of the Century though. Her appearance was a favor to the boys during lunch break shooting another film on the Roach lot. She did it in one take!

@jb20092009 8 ай бұрын

Actually, I believe that’s Clara Guiol, who also was pied in Shivering Shakespeare (Our Gang) two years later. Leonard Maltin has often confused the two.

@terryjwood 3 ай бұрын

@@jb20092009 IMDB believes this to be Dorothy Coburn... "Dorothy Coburn’s credits: Pie Victim Boarding Auto (uncredited)"