Laurel and Hardy - Brats

**Martin** · 20th June 2012

Laurel and Hardy are spending a night in with the kids. The fathers are playing checkers and snooker, but are constantly distracted by their own incompetence and by their children, constantly bullying each other and trying to stay up late.

FROGLIPZ · 20th June 2012

how old is this? it looks ancient lol

**Skeptical** · 22nd June 2012

The movie was made in 1930 according to IMDB. The clip, however, was taken down from youtube before I got a chance to see it. I thought a lot of L&H's stuff had fallen into public domain but, perhaps, this one was still under copyright.

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**Antrikshaadmi** · 22nd June 2012

I don't think it was deleted due to copyright claims, the user deleted it and not YouTube. Which might have been because the user was not sure if it violated the terms of use or not. Given that this film is being torrented and that the user most likely downloaded it as a torrent may have been what made the YouTube user that uploaded it question it's legality.

**Skeptical** · 25th June 2012

... another fine mess.

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**Jurgen** · 25th June 2012

Found the 20m video here http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=1090968
Hope you can watch it from your area(Dutch site)... it's a colorized version.

**Skeptical** · 25th June 2012

We went through a period (back in the 90s maybe) when colorizing these old films was all the rage. I'm glad that it seems to have passed. There is artistry in the black & white motion picture that is simply lost when it is colorized.

Of course, they did this thinking that it might spur the interest of younger viewers (which it did not). I would much rather see younger viewers expand their artistic appreciation to include these early films in their original form. They really are a wonderful window into another time and place.

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Martin Searching For The Truth Join Date: May 2008 Location: Devon Age: 36 Posts: 8,458 Rep Power: 2474	Laurel and Hardy - Brats Laurel and Hardy are spending a night in with the kids. The fathers are playing checkers and snooker, but are constantly distracted by their own incompetence and by their children, constantly bullying each other and trying to stay up late. __________________ Owner - www.ufoevolution.com

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FROGLIPZ Investigator Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Zealand Age: 23 Posts: 169 Rep Power: 249	Laurel and Hardy - Brats how old is this? it looks ancient lol

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Skeptical Proud One Percent-er Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,954 Rep Power: 1477	Laurel and Hardy - Brats The movie was made in 1930 according to IMDB. The clip, however, was taken down from youtube before I got a chance to see it. I thought a lot of L&H's stuff had fallen into public domain but, perhaps, this one was still under copyright. S __________________ "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves - and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase." -- Leo Tolstoy

22nd June 2012	#4
Antrikshaadmi Corde pulsum tangite Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sol³ Age: 40 Posts: 2,760 Rep Power: 2446	Laurel and Hardy - Brats I don't think it was deleted due to copyright claims, the user deleted it and not YouTube. Which might have been because the user was not sure if it violated the terms of use or not. Given that this film is being torrented and that the user most likely downloaded it as a torrent may have been what made the YouTube user that uploaded it question it's legality. __________________ "You cannot rule out the possibility that an extraterrestrial civilization perhaps a million years more advanced than ours has the capability of reaching the planet Earth." ~ Dr. Michio Kaku http://ufostalker.com/

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Skeptical Proud One Percent-er Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,954 Rep Power: 1477	Laurel and Hardy - Brats ... another fine mess. S __________________ "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves - and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase." -- Leo Tolstoy

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Jurgen ⌘ Age quod agis ⌘ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,457 Rep Power: 4142	Laurel and Hardy - Brats Found the 20m video here http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=1090968 Hope you can watch it from your area(Dutch site)... it's a colorized version. __________________ ___________________________________ "If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are." - "When things do not go as supposed, I suppose things go as they do" ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

25th June 2012	#7
Skeptical Proud One Percent-er Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,954 Rep Power: 1477	Laurel and Hardy - Brats We went through a period (back in the 90s maybe) when colorizing these old films was all the rage. I'm glad that it seems to have passed. There is artistry in the black & white motion picture that is simply lost when it is colorized. Of course, they did this thinking that it might spur the interest of younger viewers (which it did not). I would much rather see younger viewers expand their artistic appreciation to include these early films in their original form. They really are a wonderful window into another time and place. S __________________ "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves - and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase." -- Leo Tolstoy