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Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939

Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939
Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939
A scene from The Flying Deuces (1939), starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
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  • Public domain
    A scene from The Flying Deuces (1939), starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
    Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939
    Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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    Follow a director as he films a motion picture adaption of Eugène Ionesco's The New Tenant
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    A discussion of George Eastman and the museum established on his estate, from Picture Perfect: George Eastman House.
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  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Washington, D.C.
    Video clips from Winsor McCay's Gertie on Tour (1921).
    Take a look at a video clip from Winsor McCay's “Gertie on Tour”
    Take a look at a video clip from Winsor McCay's “Gertie on Tour”
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    A scene from Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947), starring Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Shemp Howard as the Three Stooges.
    Watch Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Shemp Howard as the Three Stooges from the film “Sing a Song of Six Pants,” 1947
    Watch Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Shemp Howard as the Three Stooges from the film “Sing a Song of Six Pants,” 1947
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
    Learn how Hollywood movies transitioned from silent to sound.
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    A black and white still from 1927 film "The Jazz Singer."
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
    Using as its example the film adaptation of John Millington Synge's play The Well of the Saints (1905), this video discusses the role of an editor in filmmaking. It is a 1976 production of Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
    Study film-making techniques employed in an adaptation of John Millington Synge's The Well of the Saints
    Study film-making techniques employed in an adaptation of John Millington Synge's The Well of the Saints
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
    Using the example of Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation's 1977 dramatization of Walter van Tilburg Clark's “The Portable Phonograph,” director John Barnes discusses the problems of translating a short story into film and explains what it means to be faithful to the original.
    Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
    Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
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    Red and white striped popcorn bucket against a purple background.
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Transcript

FRANCOIS: Pay strict attention, all of you. The men who were to be shot this morning have escaped. Be sure all gates are closed and make a thorough search of the entire barracks. Whoever brings them back will be given a reward of six weeks furlough. That's all.

[Music in]

OLLIE: Let's cover up the hole.