Laurel & Hardy "Pick A Star" 1937 short

[@LordMSh]

Laurel & Hardy, Thanks for bringing so much joy, laughter and pleasure into our homes, particularly during difficult times. Bless your souls where ever you may be.

[@sedu2035]

Heaven I hope :)

[@sidpheasant7585]

Because of them, we might actually believe there was niceness and innocence and purity and joy present in 1930s Los Angeles. There was not (well, certainly not in the elites and authorities of the city at any rate). That is why they were ... literally ... God's gift. And they had to be brought together for places thousands of miles apart in order to be so.

[@LordMSh]

@@sidpheasant7585 Thanks, very well put.

[@kamikaze_kev]

That's a lovely thing to say, I reckon they heard you! 😉

[@cinemamylove5712]

Whenever I feel depressed...I watch them....god bless their souls

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

Not only are Laurel & Hardy hilarious, they are musically talented too. Love their little music competition. They are both winners.

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

While they may have been musically talented, I doubt that they were playing the instruments in this clip

[@jerzyptaszek6969]

The Best medicine for stress and sadness. Brilliant.!!!!

[@steveeisenhowereisenhower7130]

These guys were brilliant. True national treasures

[@sidpheasant7585]

Of my nation (the United Kingdom) as well as yours... Stan was of course British.

[@bedenerexhepaj293]

Funny...Stanley and Oliver were The Best ever....Thank you for sharing!!!

[@athenarippe3277]

this is really good i have not seen before i miss them the boys i just know that they are together in heaven making the angels laugh so hard that here it starts to rain thank you for up loading it i miss them to this day i set and watch their shows god bless them .

[@sandrafraser8120]

I have made many comments about these boys, I have run out of things to say but all I can say is they are amazing, true comedy,I have brought my 4 children on their comedy and now I will educate true comedy to my grandchildren

[@NorthwestA330]

Those two guys were the best!

[@johnw2328]

I love these two the greatest comedy duo ever. They kind of remind me of Britain and America on the world stage 😙

[@Arlindaofficiall]

agree 100% laurel and hardy were genius no one will ever be like them

[@MARKETMAN6789]

My grandad ,my dad and myself 66 loved them ,i sit with my grandchild 7 and he loves them

[@rajeshjn8]

ALWAYS 🍹🧃🧋🥤🍿🍯🍪🍩🍫🍬🍭🧁🎂🍮🍰🍡🥮🍧🍨🍦🥧🧇🥯 MEMORIES

[@arjanterveen9534]

The greatest actors,hero's of laughter all time; Just in the most difficult time in history; between WW1 & WW2 every fam. was suffering from war economicrisses etc ;.rip mr. laurel& Hardy ..!

[@rebelvgan4579]

😂😂😂 haven't seen this clip before, it's great!

[@fromthesidelines]

"Pick A Star" was supposed to be Rosina Lawrence's "star" vehicle for Hal Roach [she also co-starred with Stan & Ollie in "Way Out West", and portrayed "Our Gang"'s teacher in several of their 1936-'37 shorts]. The boys agreed to appear in two "brief" apperances during the film. The "director" in the first portion is none other than L&H's screen rival Jimmy Finlayson, minus his famous prop "walrus moustache". These sequences were also re-edited into a "two-reel" TV short, "A Day At the Studio".

[@manjulas432]

Both are the best comedians they done very realistic comedians. This base only others acting.

[@yassul2067]

Comedian legends !!! Those were the good days...

[@roccovitiello7031]

These guys were just great

[@danweiers6950]

Absolutely

[@HoHAGGIS]

Hal Roach Studios production ... off Hal Roaches Studio's ... ermmm productions ... Very clever,,, when the banks were a calling !!! Stan & Babe rest in peace ... We miss you !!!

[@petersimcox4745]

Brilliant !!!.

[@JoeLibby]

One of Stan's best lines ever: "When am I supposed to look dumb?"

[@inhibited44]

His best line is from Helpmates at the end when he burns the house down and says something to Oliver. :)

[@firmaelescritordecolina7292]

Q suerte tuvieron nuesstos padres de conocer z dos grandes humoristas. Que dios los tenga en du ssnto reino

[@Robylazarus]

Delightful, thanks for sharing...

[@DormiusOksivox]

They are awesome! I never seen this film before.

[@karlheier2785]

Navarr0 0rravaN

[@joseassuncao5598]

ESPECTACULAR

[@PessiIsPinished]

1:17 I swear that's the bar scene from Way Out West(which was also 1937).

[@lillymay3632]

Laurel and Hardy were the best duo and James Finlayson stood out nicely in his own right.

[@romaboy5872]

Wow, James Finlayson without his fake moustache. You didn't see that much. Laurel & Hardy and supporting cast members were the best. :)

[@dot2562]

Looks weird 🤣🤣

[@domenicochiavassa8575]

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[@rajamanohar3374]

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[@fromthesidelines]

It was written by Hal Roach's key composer (who also wrote the music for this picture), Marvin Hatley, 'GodsChin', and was known as "Dance of the Cuckoos".

[@rangavembar]

Stress busters!!

[@Vegas01973]

I've noticed several similarities in gags between the Three Stooges & Laurel and Hardy. I love them all but I can't help but wonder when it's a coincidence or when they "borrowed" the gag outright. For example, the Stooges had Moe swallow a harmonica the year before this film in Disorder in the Court (1936) and Larry and Curly played Moe's chest just like Stan Does here. Interestingly, the song in this Laurel & Hardy clip is Pop Goes the Weasel, which the Stooges used in Punch Drunks in 1934.

[@fromthesidelines]

That's why she continued to be under contract to Roach until he "converted" his studio to military productions in 1943. Rosina retired from the screen in 1939 to become "Mrs. Juvenal P. Marchisio" [through his death in 1973; she passed away 24 years later].

[@bobgrantsbus]

Fantastic clip.

[@AllianceB95]

That was great! Couldnt stop laughing! Simply the Best!

[@mrsbrownandhercat]

Just watched the whole movie again on DVD. Actually not a bad feature for a minor studio. Love Rosina'a voice. She went on to marry Prof. John McCabe, who became Laurel and Hardy's official biographer.

[@nikhilchiplunkar8961]

I'm searching Laurel and Hardy movie Bonnie Scotland, not able to found.

[@mbabist01]

"When am I supposed to look dumb?" LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

[@nemnoton]

Top quality humour.

[@silviasouza302]

ELE GANHAVA MUITO.MAIS DO QUE.EU.CINCO REAIS POR GAITA.So.respiro.

[@garyfaulkner1480]

Still the best duo ever❤

[@jourwalis-8875]

To bad picture quality here. Only 240p. Not viewable, unfortunately!

[@trinitymplayers]

Besides James Finlayson, watch for another L&H nemesis, namely Walter Long as the tough guy who starts the bottle breaking business.

[@rufust.firefly2474]

Pick a star is not a short. It's and All Star feature film that Stan and Ollie did two routines in.

[@siys]

This video clip here is listed as a short, not the full length film.

[@johnnyalucard9704]

In film jargon a short is a films of Les running time than a feature that is complete in and of itself. Clip, or segment, from a larger opus is referred to differently. Scene, portion of, and many other synonyms are all apparently acceptable

[@danielsaillardon9226]

Des films qu'on n'a jamais vu en français pourquoi ?

[@keithleeuwen877]

Great !

[@1950Grendel]

Stan and Ollie, Fin, Mugsy Long, Patsy Kelly, even Charley Hall in an almost throwaway scene. And I'll vbet they had fun doing it. "When am I supposed to look dumb?"

[@DrDespicable]

If you're talking about the tall gentleman in evening clothes, around 0:50, that's Mischa Auer.

[@theaterundfilm4317]

I love laurel and Hardy🙂 She are the best comedy dou in the world 🙂😂

[@cernatcornel5628]

best of the best in history of comedy....ever..😉

[@zyral.f.6938]

Love Patsy Kelly and how she turned out to be a better Hardy in female form via Ted Healy and Hal Roach. Sad how she's always a bit player yet brilliant how she steals every scene she's in. Now someone please post her Top Flat short with the hilarious gag of water bombing Park Ave.

[@nicoletatoma3521]

😂😂😂😂 funny forever

[@satyanarayananooli3233]

Super comedy kings, after them no body there doing so much comedy for ever in the world

[@TheDeJureTour]

I've always wondered why Patsy Kelly never appeared in one of their shorts, esp. considering she also worked at Hal Roach Studios?

[@MrMarcellolsilva]

@trinitymplayers You can also see Charlie Hall at 3:46

[@calvingmail]

awesome

[@n64ization]

he played the three stooges theme awesome

[@davidtosh7200]

The last short, Thicker than Water starring Laurel and Hardy in 1935. Stan and Ollie bought a grandfather Clock at the auction for $300, then they set the clock in the middle of the street and then the horseless carriage came by and run over the clock and destroyed the clock. Ollie's wife is filing for divorce from Ollie, and never want to see Ollie again.

[@Aztecius]

when the bottle hits stan at 4:43, it looked like it hurt...a lot!

[@DrDespicable]

Interesting to see Ollie in the same trousers he wore in WAY OUT WEST...

[@alvexok5523]

This short wasn't quite as great as many of their fabulous shorts from the late 1920s and early to mid 1930s. L&H still had some great stuff in the late 30s such as Blockheads, Saps at sea, and Way out west. After 1940 was when they sort of slipped and passed their heyday. I will still always love them forever, and most classic films from Hollywood's Golden age

[@harishdattabandodkar7498]

i love louren nd hardy

[@mrsbrownandhercat]

Who?

[@johnnyalucard9704]

I wasn't asking you the first baseman's name.

[@roulaxatz3199]

😂😂😂 best duo EVER !!!

[@91Rapunzel]

@jondoe4171 Yeah, Moe gets all the credit for the swallowed harmonica routine...

[@Odood19]

I laughed something fierce; how splendidly bully!

[@Andrew-el8xi]

Brilliant pair plus that bald bloke who's been in many roles

[@overclucker]

Colonel Buckshot.

[@felinefanII]

Anyone know if Finlayson ever did an on-camera interview?

[@mrsbrownandhercat]

@ felin - Don't know of one, he was a very private man, but there's more about him here www.judgefoozlesforum.com/showthread.php?tid=25&highlight=finlayson

[@lillymay3632]

It is a pity Finlayson did not give an interview. We'd love to know about him. Quite unlike 'stars' of today whom we know everything about.

[@Lisa1111]

James without his stache!

[@hebneh]

I like how L&H are playing Laurel & Hardy, while Patsy Kelly and James Finlayson are characters.

[@MrMarcellolsilva]

Lists of L& H nemisis and shorts that they really were thier nemisis: Richard Cramer- Scram, Pack up your Troubles and Saps at Sea. Charlie Hall: Busy Bodies, Them thar Hills, Tit for Tat, They Go Boom, Laughing Gravy James Finlason: Way Out West, Our Relations Walter Long: Any Old Port, Live Ghost, Going Bye-Bye. Billy Gilbert: Pack up your Troubles, Blockheads

[@ulrichschmidt5559]

James Finlayson was supporting actor in many more L&H movies: Another Fine Mess, Pardon Us, Pack Up Your Troubles, The Devil's Brother, Bonnie Scotland, The Bohemian Girl, Our Relations, Way out West, Blockheads, The Flying Deuces, A Chump At Oxford, Saps At Sea and of course in uncountable short films.

[@fromthesidelines]

Probably because Felix Adler wrote for both teams...

[@peterbeck3944]

nice

[@salah.composer]

As much as im seeing this as much as im lauging hhhhhhhhh

[@rackinfrackin]

This is a feature film, not a short.

[@rosnnedegeter1305]

rackinfrackin .

[@Brace67]

The boy's efforts were in vain for Rosina as I don't believe her career went anywhere. The lady with Jimmy Finlayson who hits the boys with a "real" bottle is Patsy Kelly a very funny lady in her own right.

[@mirosawnawara2672]

Armii 8

[@DanSpotYT]

@nealadams70 In some ways. Others, not so much. Stooges used the same gags over and over and over. Perhaps with L&H but no where near the extent. Cheers! :)

[@judgedredd123]

They didn't have tin cans in those days and "wine in a box" just wouldn't have the same effect

[@Matthewsmollen4]

In Pick A Star, Laurel and Hardy are technically uncredited.

[@siys]

In the film they are credited by an image of them in the credits. The screen previous says also at the bottom, before displaying their image. See credits at 18 seconds. Additionally, every 1937 poster advertising the film lists them by name and with a photo of them.

[@Matthewsmollen4]

@@siys I know. What I meant was that their names weren’t shown in the cast.

[@salbers]

The first time I've seen Finlayson without is fake mustache.

[@QDrum92]

I cried from laughter at 5:30 to 6:25.

[@lukejones7246]

wghich one is this one?

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

Luke jones The one on the left is Tom and the other one is Jerry.

[@lukejones7246]

Eliezer Pennywhistler oh really. oh thats a shame. i thought they were laurel and hardy. oh. i had them mixed up all along.

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

Luke jones Now you know.

[@lukejones7246]

Eliezer Pennywhistler yes. thanks for the information. now imma go and find out who laurel and hardy are :)

[@mrsbrownandhercat]

+Luke jones It's that one.

[@dlee1947]

Please don't ever compare the 3 stooges with the beautiful sublime humor of Stan and Laural. Their humor far out did anything that those johnny come lately did. The Marx brothers also were original and did some of the best quartet stunts in film.

[@cgrant6946]

abbot and costello vs laural and hardy

[@leeneale8776]

No duo comes even close to L&H

[@Extratexture4]

It's easy to make fake bottles out of sugar, and smashing them looks good on screen.

[@AnathemaPride]

@Vegas01973, I can't say if the Laurel and Hardy harmonica bit was inspired by The Three Stooges routine, but I know there's an even greater abundance of material peformed by The Three Stooges that Laurel and Hardy did earlier. Although, in reality, a good portion of the generic gag concepts used by Laurel and Hardy as well as The Three Stooges likely far predate both teams.

[@jayarajsolomon]

Wasnt it good. A true classic Thanks

[@salah.composer]

7 creatures dont know about comedy

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