| Re: Ollie in a silent version of "The Wizard of Oz" (1925) |
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Group: alt.comedy.laurel-hardy · Group Profile
Author: TJ-BFTJ-BF Date: Jul 4, 2006 05:49
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"James Neibaur" wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:C0CFC189.7865E%%jneibaur@wi.rr.com...> Brad Filippone 7/4/06 4:42 AM
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>> : BOY that was a strange film. No semblence at all to the "real" Wizard
>> : of Oz with Judith Garland.
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>> The 1939 Judy Garland version had little in common with Baum's book.
>> However, it did have MORE in common with the book than the 1925 version
>> did!
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> We are all aware of the 1925 version in which Oliver Hardy appears as the
> Tin Man, and the fact that it is one of the worst movies ever made.
*Everybody* on this ng has (before last night) seen the 1925 version?
I hardly believe that could be true since:
1. it was a silent film.
2. silent films are rarely seen today anywhere but in special theatre
viewings of 'good/great' silent films or (rarely) on TCM late at
night/early, early morning.
3. it was made 81 years ago, and that usually doesn't spark interest
among most people younger than 40 today; and surely anyone below 30 will
almost automatically dismiss any film made before 1970 at least, if not
1960.
> Larry Semon can be seen (with Hardy) in much, much better films than this
> travesty.
I'm sure you are correct in that analysis.
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