On disc one are The Lucky Dog (1921), 45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926), Duck Soup (1927), Duck Soup (1927/French-Dutch title cards), Battle of the Century (1927), Call of the Cuckoo (1927), Slipping Wives (1927), Do Detectives Think (1927), Their Purple Moment (1928), We Faw Down (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), Flying Elephants (1928), You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928/Long), Stolen Jools (1931/Bonus) and Mixed Nuts (1934/Bonus). The set also includes three bonus shorts, two featuring Laurel & Hardy cameos and one from producer Hal Roach. 'Utopia' had the Oliver Hardy 'Ships Reporter' as a bonus (on VHS) and also had the re-edited titles, using the music and some footage. Given how trashy so many if their movies I own look in previous DVD transfers, typically in sets featuring anywhere between 50 and 100 comedies. Film Classics' released 'Deuces' and 'Utopia' on VHS like that.
NOTE: EUROPEAN/AUSTRALIAN buyers may need a multi region DVD player to play some of these DVDs. Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations offers up 485 minutes (8+ hours) of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy presented in new 2K and 4K digital restorations from 35mm prints, where possible. The classic set includes 27 short films from the duo’s formative years (1921-1936) - including some silent films newly restored from the original elements - that capture the performances in which they honed the sight gags and slapstick that propelled them to worldwide fame. Available for the suggested retail price of 99.98, LAUREL & HARDY: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION showcases some of the most cherished and hilarious films in cinema history and is a must-have for comedy fans and collectors everywhere.
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the beloved series Hopalong Cassidy, Laurel and Hardy and Blondie. The release comes on the heels of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s March 26 digital, Blu-ray and DVD bow of the feature biopic on the duo, Stan & Ollie, starring John C. Browse the biggest collection of Movies and TvSeries available on the internet. The routine lasts just as long as it should, which is something you can’t always say about Laurel & Hardy’s features.Laurel & Hardy: One Fine Collection - a DVD collector’s set featuring more than 10 hours on two discs from the iconic comedy duo - will be available April 1 from The Film Detective via manufacture-on-demand service Allied Vaughn.
This set is from the best available materials RHI has in their possession. Perhaps the highlight of the package is “The Egg Skit” in which the pair and “Mexican Spitfire” Lupe Velez (playing herself) explore several creative ways of breaking eggs on each other. BOTH OF THESE SCREENINGS ARE SOLD OUT The enormously popular LAUREL AND HARDY FESTIVAL returns for what will undoubtedly be. Everyone should know this set is NOT the currently-being-worked-on restoration at UCLA. The lost films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy : the complete collection.
While not new, it’s a joy to revisit: It chronicles the history of short subjects from two-reeler silents to Laurel & Hardy to the Three Stooges and Our Gang comedies and the history of Vitaphone shorts made in Brooklyn all the way up to the mock-docs of people like Peter Smith (still shown regularly on TCM).Įxtras include a colorized fragment of “The Rogue Song,” a “lost” film directed in 1930 by Lionel Barrymore and several bits from 1934’s “Hollywood Party,” which really show the team at its best. Roly-poly Oliver Hardy was the yeoman actor and child of a slave-owning family whose roots in Southern gentility often surfaced in his comedy, even when tipping his hat meant getting a kick in the pants.Īnchored by two decent mid-career features - “The Devil’s Brother” (1933) and “Bonnie Scotland” (1935) - the collection also includes a 2002 docu about shorts, produced for Turner Classics Movies. Laurel & Hardy: One Fine Collection a DVD collector’s set featuring more than 10 hours on two discs from the iconic comedy duo will be available April 1 from The Film Detective via manufacture-on-demand service Allied Vaughn. Elastic Stan Laurel was a child of the English musical hall tradition and a theater family, the “genius” of the team who was paid more than his chubby counterpart because he wrote and produced their material. Classic Laurel and Hardy Collection Coming April 1 From Film Detective and Allied Vaughn.
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