Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations [Blu-ray] [2020] [NTSC]

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While their madcap antics are steeped in the traditions of vaudeville, they established a comic rhythm that takes full advantage of the elasticity of cinematic time. We owe him so much for this wonderful release, but lets not forget Richard Bann’s contribution, and of course that of those on the technical side of things, including UCLA! That we now have the once long-lost Holy Grails in the Laurel and Hardy canon, “ Duck Soup,” and the complete-ish “The Battle of the Century” with its epic pie-fight-to-end-all-pie-fights (3,000 pies were reportedly used in the skirmish), is testament to the miracles of film preservation, and a tantalizing tease at what other treasures are out there waiting to be unearthed.

Almost like 2 shorts pressed together, this one ends in one of the greatest pie fights ever committed to celluloid. And in many cases, the simpler the task, the better the results, as evidenced by perhaps their most beloved short film, The Music Box, which for nearly 30 minutes follows the boys doing nothing but attempting to lug a player piano up a long and intimidatingly steep set of stairs. Until you listen and watch the restorations on your 4k UHD television with your region-free blu-ray player, and your Yamaha 109 soundbar at correct settings, you don't know what you're missing! Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary pie-fight silent film "The Battle of the Century," making its video debut and nearly complete for the first time in over 90 years! Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles.Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are one of the most famous and well-known comedy teams to come out of Hal Roach Studios, starting in the silent era and segued to even more success as they easily made the transition to sound. Auf dem 6-DVD-Set gibt es zudem sehr seltene Trailer (Beau Hunks, Pack Up Your Troubles, Sons of the Desert, Way Out West, Babes In Toyland, The Flying Deuces, A Champ In Oxford, Saps At Sea), Bildergalerien mit selten Setfotos, alternativen Szenenfotos, Kinoaushangfotos u. He has been published in The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, Printer's Row Journal, Los Angeles Times, Movieline and Entertainment Weekly.

Maybe someday Criterion will do a Sons of the Desert that is more than slightly better than the DVD. I don’t think the quality and content of the set is just the result of hard work: There clearly is a lot of love that has gone into the project too and it really shows. This is probably the one feature they made that never felt a bit padded to hit the requisite 75-minute running time. Everyone I’ve spoken with so far has said their experience in getting the set shipped fro the US to the UK has been pretty painless, so I hope me saying that isn’t invoking Murphy’s Law in your case.

Any drop-off with the first half, which is in sepia tone, is hardly noticeable, and a still-missing sequence at the end of the first reel is compensated for with stills and title cards. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used except with the prior written permission of The Digital Bits, Inc. I bought the DVD version from the US as the Beau Chumps meeting venue only has a DVD player, and I really want to introduce these versions to the tent, but I understand from others that the Blu-Ray content is the same, though over four, rather than six discs. The source used for the new video is a “full aperture” frame size, used in prints for theaters which employed the sound-on-disc method.

A newspaper clipping included in this set’s prolific film-specific image galleries touts the pair as a new comedy team. Tracy Tolzmann, Grand Sheik of the Block-Heads tent of Minnesota got his discs about a week before me. Although the set contains the long-lost silent short The Battle of the Century in its near-complete form, this is the only silent short included here, and that is a bit of a disappointment. If there is a problem with your shipment that may be able to be solved without sending back an item, please contact us.Feature Films: “Sons of the Desert” and “Way Out West” Classic Short Subjects: “Berth Marks,” “The Battle of the Century” (with new music track by Donald Sosin),”Brats,” “Busy Bodies,” “The Chimp,” “Come Clean,” “County Hospital,” “Helpmates,” “Hog Wild,” “Me and My Pal,” “Midnight Patrol,” “The Music Box,” “One Good Turn,” “Scram! They could always make me laugh, but at the same time, something about the speed of their hand-cranked film, combined with the 4th wall breaking glances, man-child antics, and low key theme music that slightly creeped me out. Still, there are some references to them in the audio commentaries, so I don’t have any major problem with the set. Fresh to the Blu-ray format, Laurel and Hardy: The Definitive Restorations gathers together 21 shorts and 2 features in the best possible quality with a bevy of bonus features. Step back in time to a multi-decade foray into the world of innovative comedy as Laurel and Hardy take centre stage in a career that would define pop culture for decades to come.

The wait was indeed worth it and appropriately, the release date was June 16 th; the 130 th Anniversary of Stan’s birth. I’d be very interested in any data that US sellers might compile on how many copies they’ve sent across the pond though!C. Fields, and Mae West, who were embraced as anti-establishment kindred spirits by college students during the Vietnam War era. Laurel and Hardy: Year One,” a definitive and essential two-disc Blu-ray set out now from Flicker Alley, collects “The Lucky Dog” along with the first 15 shorts in which they both appeared. I am a big Laurel and Hardy fan from 1947 to the present and it is my whole life and to me Laurel and Hardy is and always be the greatest comedy team in Hollywood.