A Chump at Oxford Men O' War LaserDisc, Rare LaserDiscs
Rare LaserDiscs Laser Disc

Worlds Leading Rare LaserDisc Authority

Bullet-proof Boxing Systems

Member Sign-In

Forgot your password ?

Stay Signed-in

Go To Sign-in Page

Rare LaserDiscs A Chump at Oxford / Men O' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy

A Chump at Oxford / Men O' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy

$A Chump at Oxford / Men O\' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy$

A Chump at Oxford / Men O' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy

Rare LaserDisc Movie Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket Laurel and Hardy...

$29.97

Click to Zoom-in on Hi-res Pictures

$A Chump at Oxford / Men O\' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy$

A Chump at Oxford / Men O' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy

Rare LaserDisc Movie Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket Laurel and Hardy...

$29.97

Member Options

$29.97

Rare LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket

Laurel and Hardy in...

A Chump at Oxford Men O' War

( Catalog Number 55144 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

A Chump at Oxford Men O' War
1959 - 75 min. - Black and White
Genre: Musical
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Back at Hal Roach Studios for the first time since 1938's Block-Heads, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in the uneven but generally rewarding A Chump at Oxford. The boys are cast as street-sweepers who hope to better their lot in life by attending night school. Fate intervenes when Stan and Ollie are instrumental in the capture of a bank robber, whereupon they are rewarded by the bank's grateful president (Forbes Murray) with an all-expenses-paid education at England's Oxford University. Arriving on the venerable old campus dressed in Eton jackets, our heroes are pounced upon by a group of prankish students and subjected to all manner of practical jokes. After spending most of the night trying to escape from a maze, Stan and Ollie are installed in their "new quarters"-which turns out to be the bedroom of the Dean (Wilfred Lucas). This sort of collegiate nonsense comes to an end when it is discovered that simple-minded Stan is actually Lord Paddington, the brainiest student and finest athlete that ever attended Oxford. According to Meredith the valet (Forrester Harvey), His Lordship wandered away from the university upon being rendered an amnesiac by a blow on the head. An accidental tap on the noggin restores Stan to his aristocratic Lord Paddington status, whereupon he beats up a crowd of bullying students and deposits them one by one in a nearby ditch. Though Ollie is aghast to learn that Stan-er, His Lordship-has no recollection of their previous friendship, he decides to stay on at Oxford as Paddington's manservant. After having been humiliated once too often by his vain and condescending employer, Ollie angrily packs his bags and prepares to head for home, when yet another bop on His Lordship's skull causes him to revert to lovable, bumbling old Stan again. Originally intended as a four-reeler (running approximately 45 minutes), A Chump at Oxford was completed in the spring of 1939, whereupon Laurel and Hardy were loaned out to producer Boris Morros to star in The Flying Deuces. When shooting was finished on the latter film, the team was summoned back to Roach to film a 2-reel "prologue" for Oxford, bringing the film's running time up to 63 minutes. The new footage consisted of a reworking of the boys' 1928 comedy From Soup to Nuts, with temporary servants Stan and Ollie unintentionally wrecking a dinner party held by Mr. and Mrs. Vandevere (played by veteran L&H supporting players James Finlayson and Anita Garvin). The patchwork stucture of A Chump at Oxford works against its overall effectiveness, but the scenes in which Stan Laurel undergoes a complete change of character as the genius-level Lord Paddington more than make up for the film's earlier shortcomings. One of the students (the tall, mustachioed one) is played by Peter Cushing, in his second Hollywood film appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Thanks for Visiting DaDon's !

Reviews, Articles, Newsletter and Information for Movies on LaserDisc LD Laser Disc, LazerDisc.

Feature Details

Title: A Chump at Oxford Men O' War
Feature Release Date: 1959
Genre: Musical
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 75 Minutes
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

IMDB Info...

Technical Details

Catalog Number: 55144
Publisher: 3M Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 55144
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
0 in Stock

Rare LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket

Laurel and Hardy in...

A Chump at Oxford Men O' War

( Catalog Number 55144 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

A Chump at Oxford Men O' War
1959 - 75 min. - Black and White
Genre: Musical
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Back at Hal Roach Studios for the first time since 1938's Block-Heads, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in the uneven but generally rewarding A Chump at Oxford. The boys are cast as street-sweepers who hope to better their lot in life by attending night school. Fate intervenes when Stan and Ollie are instrumental in the capture of a bank robber, whereupon they are rewarded by the bank's grateful president (Forbes Murray) with an all-expenses-paid education at England's Oxford University. Arriving on the venerable old campus dressed in Eton jackets, our heroes are pounced upon by a group of prankish students and subjected to all manner of practical jokes. After spending most of the night trying to escape from a maze, Stan and Ollie are installed in their "new quarters"-which turns out to be the bedroom of the Dean (Wilfred Lucas). This sort of collegiate nonsense comes to an end when it is discovered that simple-minded Stan is actually Lord Paddington, the brainiest student and finest athlete that ever attended Oxford. According to Meredith the valet (Forrester Harvey), His Lordship wandered away from the university upon being rendered an amnesiac by a blow on the head. An accidental tap on the noggin restores Stan to his aristocratic Lord Paddington status, whereupon he beats up a crowd of bullying students and deposits them one by one in a nearby ditch. Though Ollie is aghast to learn that Stan-er, His Lordship-has no recollection of their previous friendship, he decides to stay on at Oxford as Paddington's manservant. After having been humiliated once too often by his vain and condescending employer, Ollie angrily packs his bags and prepares to head for home, when yet another bop on His Lordship's skull causes him to revert to lovable, bumbling old Stan again. Originally intended as a four-reeler (running approximately 45 minutes), A Chump at Oxford was completed in the spring of 1939, whereupon Laurel and Hardy were loaned out to producer Boris Morros to star in The Flying Deuces. When shooting was finished on the latter film, the team was summoned back to Roach to film a 2-reel "prologue" for Oxford, bringing the film's running time up to 63 minutes. The new footage consisted of a reworking of the boys' 1928 comedy From Soup to Nuts, with temporary servants Stan and Ollie unintentionally wrecking a dinner party held by Mr. and Mrs. Vandevere (played by veteran L&H supporting players James Finlayson and Anita Garvin). The patchwork stucture of A Chump at Oxford works against its overall effectiveness, but the scenes in which Stan Laurel undergoes a complete change of character as the genius-level Lord Paddington more than make up for the film's earlier shortcomings. One of the students (the tall, mustachioed one) is played by Peter Cushing, in his second Hollywood film appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Thanks for Visiting DaDon's !

Reviews, Articles, Newsletter and Information for Movies on LaserDisc LD Laser Disc, LazerDisc.

Feature Details

Technical Details

Catalog Number: 55144
Publisher: 3M Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Welcome Rare LaserDisc Collector !

In order to purchase from DaDons you need to be a Member Learn more about Membership Benefits

Movie Search

Movie Browser

Disc Label

223

714

247

1007

283

Full Moon - Cult LD's

IMAX - Documentaries

Pioneer Special Edition

188

RKO Classic Collection

152

102

Disc Format

1396

AC-3 Dolby Digital 6.1

Anamorphic / Squeeze

Black & White - B & W

2934

676

274

205

40799

Japan AC-3 Dolby LD's

408

Japan Boxsets

728

Japan Dolby Digital 6.1

115

431

1038

New Factory-Sealed LDs

5834

3969

1309

1540

249

11096

Disc Genre

4158

1163

2513

200

683

5023

3643

1751

6001

358

423

2264

889

2787

164

969

2645

611

DaDon's All Rights Reserved - All trademarks and copyrights on this site are owned by their respective owners
LazerDisc Movies, Features and Reviews. Information, Articles and Laser Disc Tips and Tricks.

A Chump at Oxford Men O' War LaserDisc, Rare LaserDiscs Rare LaserDiscs Laser Disc

A Chump at Oxford / Men O' War Rare LaserDisc Laurel Hardy Comedy

Rare LaserDisc Movie

LaserDisc Special Features

Rare LaserDisc Movie

LaserDisc Special Features

Movie Search

Disc Genre

A Chump at Oxford Men O' War LaserDisc, Rare LaserDiscs
Rare LaserDiscs Laser Disc