Stan Without Ollie Vol. II

1055. STAN WITHOUT OLLIE: VOLUME II . EVEN WITHOUT HARDY, LAUREL WAS ONE Of THE GREAT SCREEN COMEDIANS. IN THESE HILARIOUS EARLY RIMS, ALTHOUGH HIS FAMILIAR PERSONALITY ISN’T YET EVIDENT, HE COMBINES THE BEST Of CHAPLIN AND KEATONÑNOT BAD COMPANY TO BE IN!
1. JUST RAMBLING ALONG (1923). WITH STAN LAUREL, CLARINE SEYMOUR. STAN FOLLOWS A PRETTY WOMAN INTO A CAFETERIA, AND GETS INTO ALL KINDS Of TROUBLE. AFTER SAMPLING ALL THE DISHES, HE ORDERS ONLY COfFEE (BUT SECRETLY STUFFS PLENTY Of FOOD INTO HIS POCKETS). THE GIRL Of HIS DREAMS SWITCHES THEIR CHECKS, AND HE ENDS UP OWING FOR AN ENTIRE MEAL. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HE’S STOLEN MONEY FROM A CHILD, WHOSE FATHERÑA COP-EAGERLY JOINS THE CHEFS IN THROTTLING POOR STAN!
2. THE SOILERS (1923). WITH STAN LAUREL, JAMES FJNLAYSON. STAN FINDS GOLD IN ALASKA, THEN FIGHTS IT OUT WITH A SCOUNDREL WHO’S STOLEN HIS CLAIM. THEIR MARATHON BRAWL (A CLEVER TAKEOfF ON THE EPIC FIGHT IN “THE SPOILERS”), WHICH INVOLVES BITING, SMASHING, CRASHING, AND EVEN A PILLOW FIGHT, LAKES THEM IN AND OUT Of DOORS AND WINDOWSÑAND IS CONTINUALLY INTERRUPTED BY A VERY GAY COWBOY!
3. WEST Of HOT DOG (1924). WITH STAN LAUREL. TENDERFOOT STAN IS HELD UP ON A STAGECOACH (HIS PANTS, THOUGH, AREN’T THE DESPERADOES CUT HIS SUSPENDERS!). LATER, AT A WILL-READING, THE SAME TWO BAD GUYS KEEP THROWING HIM OUT Of A SECOND-STORY WINDOW. STAN BOUNCES BACK AND INHERITS A FORTUNE, BUT THE OTHER TWO WILL GET IT IF HE DIES! GALLOPING OUT Of TOWN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, STAN ACCIDENTALLY ENDS UP IN THE VILLAINS’ HOUSE, WHERE THEY HAVE A NOT-SO-CLASSIC SHOWDOWN. LAUREL’S WILDLY COMICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH SIMPLE OBJECTS AND PIECES Of FURNITURE RIVAL CHAPLIN AT HIS FINEST. FEATURING UNUSUAL USE Of ANIMATION TO SIMULATE GUNFIRE! SILENT FILMS WITH MUSICAL SCORE, CORRECT PROJECTION SPEED, 51 MINUTES TOTAL. ÒSILENTÓ COMEDIES