Actors:Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard Genres:Comedy Sub-Genres:Comedy Studio:Highland Ent. Format:DVD - Black and White,Color - Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 08/17/2004 Release Year: 2004 Run Time: 1hr 29min Screens: Black and White,Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English
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A must for people of this era but be warned that the sound and film quality is lousy and the plotlines are not great if others want to check it out.
Movie Reviews
You won't laugh at this turkey!
J. C Duval | cumberland, rhode island United States | 12/03/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"If you bought this useless DVD already, then I have some bad news for ya! This only has two shorts, and all four public domain shorts are now available on a single DVD, restored, in color, and in B&W! It was released in early 2005 on 20th Century Fox, and for the same price as this joke! It's called "Three Stooges In Color", and is available right here at Amazon! If you're considering buying this, buy the other one instead, or I'll tear your tonsils out! Sure, three of those shorts feature Shemp, but who back then could get away with saying "Go on, sister, or I'll knock your brains out!" on film?!"
Not Very Good
Mr. Movie Man | Ontario, Canada | 10/25/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Disorder In The Court
&
Brideless Groom
Those are the only two comedy shorts
on the entire disc; what was the point?
Not a bad idea for a DVD release,
but come on...fill the DVD up more.
This was just a waste.
"
Don't get tricked.
dd | South Dakota | 08/14/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Although these films are colorized by the same studio as the Columbia DVD's, they lack the creative control and direction. The public domain prints are not completely restored (sound or picture-at best its like a videotape copy), the colorization is distracting (mostly browns and blues with the exception of the bright pink carnation Moe wears and a mint green for Curly's suit-it makes you recall the Turner color process), and the "behind the scenes of colorizing" is a joke (very homemade and at one point they note that the era in which Malice in the Palace was filmed was the Depression!)"
Not the best....wait for the Columbia issues!
Thomas J. Diehl | Rensselaer, NY United States | 12/13/2004
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Avoid this dvd at all costs. West Wing took PD quality film prints and colorized them, and it looks horrible. Plus there are only TWO shorts on the dvd. This dvd was discontinued by the company because it was SUPPOSED to be withdrawn, but they figured they'd make some money selling them in cutout bins and such. If you can hold off for a few more months, Columbia will be issuing ALL FOUR public domain shorts from the COLUMBIA prints in February, so the quality will be as great as the previous two Columbia dvds. To answer a question from another reviewer, because the shorts are public domain, West Wing had the right to colorize them and not pay for these....however once the Columbia dvd comes out, i believe the colorized good quality versions will be under copyright again while the black and white versions will still be public domain. My guess is that maybe Columbia will use the high quality print for the colorized version, and a generic regular PD print for the black and white version, so that no one can steal it and make money off of Columbia's prints."
Some Misunderstandings Here!
Leo Johnson | Buffalo, NY | 04/30/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Columbia would not be apt to put a shabby B&W version of a public domain title simply to thwart people from copying a short like
'Disorder In The Court'. The person's comment was not well thought out, and just a mntal misfire! If they were to do that, people could still simply use the restored colorized version and desaturate it to B&W, a very simple process that could be done with readily available video software-some free!"