Battle of the Century - Laurel & Hardy (Flip i Flap)

[EmmetEarwax]

POP GOES THE EASEL, an episode of ARE YOU BEING SERVED (the club) and other films have the same messy formula. They HAD to be all done in one take -as no actor would put up with being hit and splatted over & over by pies, clay, etc. Neither could the set take the abuse !

[filmfan192326]

@revry

Actually, the prize fight scene does indeed exist complete. You might be thinking of the Eugene Palette-banana peel scenes that bridge reels one and two.

[revry]

I believe the prize fight sequence is long gone. When Youngson extracted this scene, he didn't realize he was clipping from the only known copy.

[WSenator1]

@revry - No, the first part of this film is on YouTube. As filmfan mentioned, it's the middle section of the film that seems to be missing.

[EmmetEarwax]

Just like the one last surviving print of a Private Snafu* film was destroyed,melted, in the -fortunantly successful- process of downloading the film to videotape,.

Private Snafu was not a theater release Warner character, but was used in training films to army recruits on the mistakes one should NOT make.

[BothtaweeKelly]

Lou Costello is suppose to be in this film (as a young man). Gathered from the information I got, "he can be seen in an early scene as a member of the audience at the prize-fight mentioned in the film's title" and "spotted sitting ringside (what ever that means."

[amit212543]

Battle of the Century is the name. It is a short film.

[feysal23]

whats the name of dis movie

[jb20092009]

Thanks for posting. Nice finish with the 1931 music and card.

[koasterkav]

Is this from the Robert Yorkson complation he put together a long time ago?

[dannysquirrel]

@koasterkav Robert YOUNGSON

[author]

Still funny, funny, funny, even today.

[GuyverFan95]

Does anyone have the full pie fight scene? I can see it got cut in a few places.

[skyboyq]

@GuyverFan95 This is all that survived, unhappily. Several minutes have been lost, unless they're in someone's basement, but it seems unlikely at this point.

[GuyverFan95]

@skyboyq I didn't know. Thanks for telling me skyboyg.

[TheRealZen00]

Also, love the guy at 1:46 he looks like he means business!

[TheRealZen00]

Aw, you cut out the captions, lame. :(

[Kaeltharaz]

Man, I ´ve been looking for this clip for years, Thx a million for putting it here :)

[ian38018]

Wonderful Stuff..................but for all the marvellous silliness, it is Anita Garvin's performance at 2:58 which steals the scene. Thanks for posting.

[WSenator1]

The Greatest Team of 'em All!