Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years Blu-ray
'Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years' Directors: Fred L. Guiol, Clyde Bruckman, Frank Butler and Jess Robbins (1927) Eureka Masters of Cinema Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray | 2K restorations
This collection captures Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's earliest (mis)adventures on screen, chronicling their journey from their first films together to the dawn of their official partnership in thirteen shorts released throughout 1927. These films show the development of two independent comedians into the most influential and celebrated comedy duo of all time.
The set contains the following shorts: Lucky Dog, 45 Minutes from Hollywood, Duck Soup, Slipping Wives, Love ‘em and Weep, Why Girls Love Sailors, With Love and Hisses, Sailors, Beware!, Do Detectives Think?, Flying Elephants, Sugar Daddies, The Second 100 Years, Call of the Cuckoo, Putting Pants on Phillip, and The Battle of the Century.
Limited Edition contents include:
- Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork
- Scores by a variety of silent film composers including Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Eric le Guen and Donald Sosin
- Brand new audio commentaries on Lucky Dog, 45 Minutes From Hollywood, Duck Soup, Slipping Wives and Love ‘em and Weep by film historian and writer David Kalat
- Brand new audio commentaries on Why Girls Love Sailors, With Love and Hisses, Sailors Beware and The Second 100 Years by Patrick Vasey, editor of The Laurel & Hardy Magazine and host of The Laurel & Hardy Podcast
- Brand new audio commentaries on Do Detectives Think? and The Battle of the Century by film writer Chris Seguin and Kyp Harness (The Art of Laurel & Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the films)
- Brand new audio commentaries on Flying Elephants, Sugar Daddies, Call of the Cuckoo and Putting Pants on Philip by Glenn Mitchell (The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia)
- Brand new audio commentaries on The Second 100 Years and The Battle of the Century by silent film accompanist Neil Brand
- Alternate Robert Youngson score on Putting Pants on Philip, newly restored by Stephen C. Horne
- Brand new interview with Neil Brand
- Laurel & Hardy in the UK – 1932 recording by Laurel and Hardy to promote their UK tour, featuring footage of the duo visiting Tynemouth
- Turning Point: Stan Laurel – Extensive interview with Stan Laurel from 1957
- Stan Laurel talks to Tony Thomas – 1959 interview, featuring footage of Laurel & Hardy visiting Edinburgh as part of their 1932 UK tour
- Sailors Beware – Super 8 version with audio commentary by Chris Seguin and Glenn Mitchell
- The Bulldog Breed – Super 8 version of Do Detectives Think? with audio commentary by Chris Seguin and Glenn Mitchell
- The Mad Butler – Super 8 version of Do Detectives Think? with audio commentary by Chris Seguin and Glenn Mitchell
- The Battle of the Century Pie Fight – Super 8 version with audio commentary by Chris Seguin
- A collector’s booklet featuring newly written notes on each film by writer and comedian Paul Merton, and a new essay by silent cinema expert Imogen Sara Smith
