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pressbox69

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6. Outstanding performances from

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2019, 05:50 AM

Mar 2019

the two leads. It could have rolled off the rails so many times but it remained sturdy. If you loved the actors you should love this film. The scene when Stan stares at the poster of Abbott & Costello Go To Mars seems to linger on my mind. I think Abbott and Costello themselves were on the way out in 1953. Martin and Lewis were on top of the world that year. Thirty or forty years from now people will question why this film didn't receive more Oscar nominations.

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"Stan & Ollie". Excellent movie. [View all] bif Mar 2019 OP

I still want to see it The Blue Flower Mar 2019 #1

I agree. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2019 #2

We liked it so much, we got a Laurel and Hardy movie from the library... Ohiya Mar 2019 #3

Yes, nice performances by the leads - it's a charming film, I thoroughly enjoyed it. n/t TubbersUK Mar 2019 #4

Absolutely agree. The entire cast was supberb, and how they transformed John Reilly was nothing still_one Mar 2019 #5

Outstanding performances from pressbox69 Mar 2019 #6