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starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Edmund MacDonald directed by: Monty Banks  List Price: $29.98 Price: $14.50 You Save: $15.48 (52%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0086162130236 Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 74 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1941 Sales Rank: 47170 Related Items: Average Rating:
 Rating: - Mediocre L&H With Few LaughsHampered by material better suited to Abbott and Costello, the decline of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy began with this badly conceived 1941 comedy - a sad comedown from the Hal Roach days. The Boys try their best to redeem "Great Guns," but it's a losing battle. Stan and Ollie's lack of creative input is woefully apparent. If you want to see the team in military surroundings, track down the far-superior "Pack Up Your Troubles" (1932). Rating:  - "GREAT GUNS "The classic comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in their first film for 20th Century Fox is by no means as bad as its reputation. The 1941 wartime film has some very corny moments and lines of dialogue from the supporting cast, but that's to be expected. Stan and Ollie are reliable as ever in their roles as bumbling army recruits and perform the material written for them by Lou Breslow with assurance and professionalism. GREAT GUNS is by no means as good as the short films that the duo appeared ... Read More Rating: - Laurel & Hardy in an utterly forgettable Army comedy"Great Guns" allowed 20th Century Fox to announce the "return" of the boys to the silver screen, but unfortunately this 1941 film directed by Monty Banks came out six months after Abbott & Costello's first starring vehicles, "Buck Privates." The comparisons did not help Laurel & Hardy, who are the retainers of the pampered son (Dick Nelson) of a millionaire. When their charge is drafted and goes off to prove himself in the Army, the boys get drafted as well to be with him. Actually, the lad does ... Read More Rating: - Unfortunaltly, typical of their 40's films...........Fox tries to form another Abbott and Costello out of L&H in this usually dull film that has very few bright spots. The boys spend most of their time wise-cracking with jokes that would be very funny coming from Lou Costello, but from Stan they just don't work. My advice? If you want a good WWII comedy, stick with Buck Privates. Rating: - Not one of their greats, but a typical, topical '40s comedy.This military comedy is Laurel & Hardy's answer to Abbott & Costello's "Buck Privates." A lame script doesn't do Stan and Ollie justice, but there are a few howlers (including an "inspection" scene with Laurel stashing a crow down Hardy's pants). A good supporting cast of familiar faces helps. The video transfer is excellent. Browse for similar items by category:
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