Laurel and Hardy in the lost film: the Rogue Song

Considering the fact that this was Lawrence Tibbett's first film and the fact that talkies were brand new its amazing to see what command he already has of this idiom. With only his experience from the opera stage to guide him its amazing what he does here. In just this short clip his voice and presence are quite memorable. What a great talent!

total holy grail of hollywood shit. fantastic post! now, who's got that nine hour version of 'greed'? by the by, oofus, 'hats off' is indeed the name of the lost lh short. i friggin' love youtube.

wow wee! - un - be -leiveable! I can only echo all the other comments,I have spent a lifetime in idle curiosity about this film what wonderful colour composition considering the year of production and the sound perfectly dubbed! ...what can I say, other than thank u for posting ty utube!

Holy crap! I never thought I'd see anything more than the still pictures I've seen in books. And in color! I always have consoled myself over the loss of this movie by clinging to the widely held assessment that it is one of their weaker films (the curse of the over featured OTHER characters). The cave sequence where they are off screen and talk is a wonderful throwback to a similar longer scene in "Pardon US." THANKS SO MUCH!

iam sure i saw the whole film on tv back in the 70s,

very good!-thanks for posting this

You might be thinking of a documentary that was done a few years ago, called "Hats Off". The Laurel Hardy short film "Hands Off" has been lost since Hollywood converted to making sound films---unless you're the luckiest person in the world, and you found a copy before the old nitrate filmstock deteriorated!

Laurel Hardy were "borrowed" by MGM for "The Rogue Song" (as they were for "The Hollywood Revue of 1929", because the studio distributed Hal Roach's films at the time}. Unfortunately, they were not as diligent as Roach was in preserving movies- I keep hoping that ONE print of the entire feature survived...

Wow! I didn't realize that there was anything but stills available from this film. Thank you so much for posting it. Vintage Laurel and Hardy, a storm, a leading man and a sensuous blonde, all in color and directed in 1930 by none other than Lionel Barrymore himself! A wonderful vignette!

I am 80% sure I have had my hands on a copy of Hat's Off, I just can't remember where the hell it is or what happened to it, If I find it, I will post it