New on Blu-ray: LAUREL & HARDY - YEAR TWO (1921-1951)

Product Description: Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed director Leo McCarey), who proudly upped their game in support of the winning comedy duo. Whether wreaking accidental havoc as a two-man band, doing battle against one another as millionaire and butler, or even becoming grave robbers for a mad scientist, Laurel and Hardy prove in their second year that they have what it takes to not only win over audiences in the twilight of the silent era, but generate enough momentum to make a successful transition to “talkies” in 1929.

Although their names are synonymous with the very idea of comedy, few of the original negatives for Laurel and Hardy’s early silent work survive, elements only available from scattered sources throughout the world, often in substantially less than pristine shape.

It took the team at Blackhawk Films four years to gather all surviving film elements, to meticulously compare them shot by shot, and to complete the best digital restorations possible. Today, these beloved shorts look as new as they did nearly a century ago.

Featuring all new restorations sourced from best available materials, this collection features their ten 1928 films as a team and additional films from the Hal Roach Studios that showcase their final solo short film appearances, as well as the shift from silent films to films featuring music and synchronized sound effects.

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Director: Various

Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 212 min

Rating: Not Rateed

Language: English

Studio: Flicker Alley

Home Video Release Date: November 26, 2024

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Region: Region A/1

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Audio Commentary Tracks – For each film by historians and authors Randy Skretvedt & Richard W. Bann
Exclusive, Rare Audio - Featuring Anita Garvin, Thomas Benton Roberts, and Hal Roach
Additional Musical Scores – including original 1928 Vitaphone tracks on Habeas Corpus & We Faw Down
Laurel & Hardy On-Location in Year Two – Video essay by John Bengtson on selected location exteriors
Eve’s Love Letters (1927) – One of Stan Laurel’s final solo films
Galloping Ghosts (1928) – Two surviving fragments of a rare solo Oliver Hardy comedy
A Pair of Tights (1928) – A short starring Anita Garvin and Marion Byron
George Mann’s Home Movies – From behind the scenes of Hal Roach Studios
Now I’ll Tell One (1927) – A rare fragment of a Charley Chase two-reeler featuring appearances by both Stan & Ollie
A Complete, 20-minute Interview – By Tony Thomas with Stan Laurel, recorded in January 1959, the year after Oliver Hardy’s death

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Friday, November 29, 2024

New on Blu-ray: LAUREL & HARDY - YEAR TWO (1921-1951)

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