Laurel and Hardy phonograph mishap

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Laurel and Hardy phonograph mishap

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Going through some of my 16mm films to sell and came upon this title.Thought some of you might get a kick out of it if you have not seen it. Link is to a video not of my making. start watching at 5:45 seconds.
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At least the shop keeper was smart enough to remove the crank. That could have been real painful :lol:

Great clip, thanks for posting.
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I couldn't get the video to play, but found another copy of the movie on YouTube.

At first I thought it might be a VV-X, but when the door flopped open, I could see that it had a grille behind the doors, instead of the louvers. Some off brand model or a modified (reinforced?) Victrola?
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Definitely a modified Victrola, with all the guts removed. I must admit I was surprised at how well the cabinet held up to Oliver landing on it! Perhaps that phony grille hides some extra internal bracing.

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phonogfp wrote:Definitely a modified Victrola, with all the guts removed. I must admit I was surprised at how well the cabinet held up to Oliver landing on it! Perhaps that phony grille hides some extra internal bracing.

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It's cool that the clip has the original sound-on-disc track recorded and pressed by Victor Talking Machine Company. When L&H started making talkies in (I think) May, 1929 - Victor also recorded those as well.

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Just had to watch the whole thing........ :lol:
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Great film ! Thanks for sharing !


Been a long, long time since I've watched an L&H silent; the original music / sound FX was neat too !

And of course the phonograph shopkeeper is their old nemesis, Jimmy Finlayson ! ( Master of the "hairy-eyeball" scowl ! )

Great treat to go with my morning coffee ! :coffee:
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