When it comes to their post-Hal Roach films, "Air Raid Wardens" and "Nothing But Trouble" are also availabe in a two-pack from Warner Brothers, and their six Fox movies were released in two box sets as "The Laurel and Hardy Collection" and "The Laurel and Hardy Collection Volume 2." "Atoll K" was released on Blu-Ray in a Region B locked edition by the BFI.
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"The Flying Deuces" is available on Blu-Ray as well (the UK disc from Network is Region Free and looks better than the VCI disc, which has some nice bonuses). "The Devil's Brother" and "Bonnie Scotland" are available on DVD from Warner Brothers, while "Babes in Toyland" (usually under the name "The March of the Wooden Soldiers") is available in many editions, including a couple Blu-Ray editions.
Afterward, you'll have more luck as most of their Hal Roach sound shorts and features were released in the Laurel and Hardy Essential Collection. Laurel and Hardy's silent films together for Hal Roach aren't readily available in Region 1 (United States/Canada), but if you can handle Region 2 PAL discs, they are available in two Dutch DVD editions, each with two discs. It's loaded with nice photographs as well. This alone makes it a nice addition to a Laurel and Hardy collection.
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The real attraction of the package is the book packaging with a nice history of the duo's lives and careers plus a filmography. Stan Laurel's home movies (1956) Black and white silent footage, capped off with a brief press interview with Oliver Hardy Utopia (1953) Laurel and Hardy's final feature film, also released as Atoll K and Robinson Crusoeland The Tree in a Test Tube (1943) Color propaganda film featuring Laurel and Hardy about the many uses of wood. The Flying Deuces (1939) Laurel and Hardy feature film Stolen Jools (1931) Featuring Laurel and Hardy in a cameo Hard Boiled Yeggs (1926) Billy West film (Oliver Hardy seems to appear in a bit part) Thundering Fleas (1926) Our Gang film featuring Oliver HardyĪlong Came Auntie (1926) Glenn Tryon film featuring Oliver HardyĬrazy Like a Fox (1926) Charley Chase film featuring Oliver Hardyīromo and Juliet (1926) Charley Chase film featuring Oliver Hardy Should Sailors Marry? (1925) Clyde Cook film featuring Oliver HardyĮnough to Do (1926) Clyde Cook film featuring Oliver Hardy (Directed by Stan Laurel) The Wizard of Oz (1925) Larry Semon film featuring Oliver Hardy (This one gets put in with a lot of Laurel and Hardy public domain collections as Larry Semon in costume as the Scarecrow could easily be mistaken for Stan)
Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925) James Finlayson film featuring Oliver Hardy Hop To It Bellhop (1925) Oliver Hardy film The Paperhanger's Helper (1925) Oliver Hardy film Kid Speed (1924) Larry Semon film featuring Oliver Hardy Smithy/The Home Wrecker (1924) Stan Laurel film Oranges and Lemons (1923) Stan Laurel film
The Sawmill (1922) Larry Semon film featuring Oliver Hardy The Lucky Dog (1921) Stan Laurel film featuring Oliver Hardy The Hobo (1917) Billy West film featuring Oliver Hardy Stan often played leadi ng roles while Hardy often played secondary characters, but in some cases, played only bit parts. Most of these predate having Laurel and Hardy as a comedy duo and are silent films. Thanks to spreading the content across six discs, the films-while not remastered or restored versions-look fairly good for what they are. Some of their best is in the Hal Roach catalog. Thus, I can agree that calling this "The Best of Laurel and Hardy" is a misnomer. You're not getting the classic Hal Roach shorts or features on here because those are still protected by copyright. I picked this one because it spread the content across six discs instead of cramming it into a few discs.
What this is is another collection of public domain films featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. I picked this up because I wanted the shorts included in this set. Mostly silent films from before they teamed up, pay attention to what you're getting!
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