16mm Classic Laurel & Hardy Film BEAU HUNKS Hal Roach- 1 reel

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16mm Classic Laurel & Hardy Film BEAU HUNKS Hal Roach- 1 reel:
$85.00

Hal Roach...

BEAU-HUNKS

1931

One of the boys best Short Comedy\'s !!

16mm Classic Laurel & Hardy Film

 on one 13.75 reels, 37 minutes running time

From my Dad\'s Vintage movie collection, here is a Classic & Favorite Laurel and Hardy Film. This is a 16mm, sound, black and white film, which appears to be a great print quality. My Dad\'s notes inside say it is a very good quality print, obtained in 1971, shown 6 times, the last being in 1988. Just coming out of the last 30 years of storage!

Please see pictures for details, and film name & codes, and quality. On thesprocketedge of the film reads; \"EASTMAN SAFETY FILM\" and there are date markings. The 13.75\" - VGC brown metal reel is contained in a VG condition metal case. This reel of film is free of \"vinegar\" odors. Unfortunately there is a break in the leader portion at the start, before the titles or countdown. 

Most of the films my Dad collected were originals, please see pictures for details. I cannot say for absolute certainty that this is an original, but the coding seems to indicate it is.

from TCM :

Beau Hunksopens with Oliver surprising us with some rather mellifluous pipes as he sings a romantic love song on the piano. He\'s feeling good because he\'s about to marry his girl, Jeanie-Weanie, who never appears in the film, only in an oft-viewed photograph. (\"Jeanie-Weanie\" is actually Jean Harlow, who also appeared in a framed photograph as the Boys\' mother in the 1930 short,Brats.) Unfortunately, a \"Dear John\" letter arrives for Ollie, plunging him into heartbreak. Out of sheer misery and the urge to forget his pain, Ollie decides that he -- and Stanley, naturally--must join the Foreign Legion. It turns out to be an experience that offers them softball-sized rocks in their shoes, epic sandstorms, a seriously cranky commandant, plenty of \"levity,\" thousands of thumbtacks (don\'t ask), the chance to toss grenades (bad idea), and finally, \"3897 Arabs, 1921 Riffians and four native Swede guides.\" (By the way, the actor portraying the Arab leader is credited as Abdul Kasim K\'Horne, an alias for director James Horne, who acted the part as a cameo.)

The Motion Picture Productions Code Administration (also known as the Hays Office) reviewed the scripts of Laurel and Hardy films for possible violations of the Code before they were shot. ForBeau Hunks, made prior to when the censorship board wielded the dictatorial power it later had, surviving correspondence reveals that not only did the Production Code Administration (PCA) review the film prior to original release, but so did an official of the French Government, the latter invited by the former to assure the American censors that the film would not put our Gaelic friends in an offensive light.

The PCA passed it, believing that it \"complies with the tenets of the Code, and contains nothing reasonably censorable.\" However, the representative of the French government, Valentin Mandelstamm, had some objections. In a letter to all concerned of September 10, 1931, Mandelstamm wrote, \"The only remarks which I feel I have to make are: The line in which the French Commander says: \'The Legion is hell on earth and in heaven,\' should be cut out.

Producer: Hal Roach

Director: James W. Horne

Screenplay: H.M. Walker

Cinematography: Art Lloyd, Jack Stevens

Film Editing: Richard C. Currier

Music: Marvin Hatley, Leroy Shield

Cast: Stan Laurel (Stanley), Oliver Hardy (Oliver), James W. Horne (Chief of the Riff Raff), Charles Middleton (Commandant), Broderick O\'Farrell (Ft. Arid commander), Harry Schultz (Captain Schultz).

BW-37m.

by Scott McGee

Cast

Complete credited cast:

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

James W. Horne

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Chief of the Riff Raff (as Abdul Kasim K\'Horne)

Charles O\'Farrell

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Fort Arid Commander (as Broderick O\'Farrel)

Harry Schultz

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Captain by his girlfriend, \"Jeanie-Weenie,\" Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs.Written byPaul Penna

See my 100% rating. Thanks for looking! This is a great Laurel and Hardy film to add to your 16mm film collection.

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