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starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todddirected by: Hal Roach, Lewis R. Foster
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303827643
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6303827640
Label: Nostalgia Archive
Manufacturer: Nostalgia Archive
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nostalgia Archive
Release Date: October 24, 1995
Running Time: 39 minutes
Sales Rank: 91468
Studio: Nostalgia Archive
Theatrical Release Date: May 04, 1929
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Historic and entertaining
As most people should know, this was L&H's very first talkie, with a clever title to go along with it. Most fans are also aware that nine years later it was remade as the final third or so of their classic feature 'Blockheads.' Ollie has brought home a friend to dinner for the last time, and his wife (Mae Busch) walks out in frustration and rage. The boys resolve to make dinner for themselves, but of course they can't even do that right. Mrs. Kennedy (the lovely Thelma Todd) from nextdoor ... Read More
Rating: - The first full talkie by Laurel & Hardy
"Unaccustomed as We Are" is the first full talkie by Laurel & Hardy, which means no silent version was issued by Hal Roach's studio. Hardy brings Laurel home for a home cooked meal by his wife (Mae Busch), who storms out of the apartment at this imposition. Thelma Todd plays the friendly blonde next door who takes pity on the boys and makes dinner for them. Unfortunately she accidentally burns her dress and as soon as she has taken it off both her husband, cop Edgar Kennedy, and Ollie's wife ... Read More
Rating:  - Stan and Ollie Speak!
In 1929, The Hal Roach studio was wired for sound (several months ahead of Roach's distributor, MGM!). In short order, Laurel and Hardy got their first crack at making one of those new fangled talking pictures. The result, UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE, seems quite primitive through our modern jaded eyes, but of course was a sensation when it was released. It's still a very funny picture, in spite of it's slightly awkward pacing and the occasional self-consciousness of the actors. Laurel and Hardy ... Read More
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