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Laurel or Hardy
Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
(1914-1926)

Contents: Mother’s Baby Boy (1914), The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914), An Expensive Visit (1915), A Lucky Strike (1915), The Lilac Splash (1915), The Candy Trail (1916), Hungry Hearts (1916), The Serenade (1916), The Chief Cook (1917), Bears and Bad Men (1918), Hello Trouble (1918), He’s in Again (1918), Married to Order (1920), The Bakery (1921), The Rent Collector (1921), The Egg (1922), The Pest (1922), The Show (1922), A Weak-End Party (1922), Collars and Cuffs (1923), Gas and Air (1923), The Handy Man (1923), A Man About Town (1923), Pick and Shovel (1923), When Knights Were Cold (1923) [incomplete], The Whole Truth (1923), Brothers Under the Chin (1924), Detained (1924), Wide Open Spaces (1924) [incomplete], Zeb vs. Paprika (1924), Rivals (1925), Pie-Eyed (1925), Twins (1925), Say It with Babies (1926) and Wandering Papas (1926).

Flicker Alley
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition

Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1914-1926), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 590 minutes total, not rated, including Mother’s Baby Boy (1914), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, An Expensive Visit (1915), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, A Lucky Strike (1915), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, The Lilac Splash (1915), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, The Candy Trail (1916), black & white, 8 minutes, not rated, Hungry Hearts (1916), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, The Serenade (1916), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, The Chief Cook (1917), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, Bears and Bad Men (1918), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, Hello Trouble (1918), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, He’s in Again (1918), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, Married to Order (1920), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, The Bakery (1921), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, The Rent Collector (1921), black & white, 29 minutes, not rated, The Egg (1922), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, The Pest (1922), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, The Show (1922), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated, A Weak-End Party (1922), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, Collars and Cuffs (1923), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, Gas and Air (1923), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, The Handy Man (1923), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, A Man About Town (1923), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Pick and Shovel (1923), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated, When Knights Were Cold (1923) [incomplete], black & white, 15 minutes, not rated, The Whole Truth (1923), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Brothers Under the Chin (1924), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, Detained (1924), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, Wide Open Spaces (1924) [incomplete], black & white, 10 minutes, not rated, Zeb vs. Paprika (1924), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, Rivals (1925), color-tinted black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, Pie-Eyed (1925), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, Twins (1925), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, Say It with Babies (1926), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Wandering Papas (1926), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0073, UPC 6-17311-68739-6.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 864 Mbps average audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 32-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 29 January 2021.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from 2K high definition scans of archival film elements.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed on piano by Neil Brand, Serge Bromberg, Philip Carli, Antonio Coppola, Frederick Hodges, Eric Le Guen, Ben Model, Andrew Earle Simpson and Donald Sosin.

Supplemental material includes image galleries featuring photographs from the Library of Congress collections (38 images total); and a 32-page insert booklet with film notes from film historian Rob Stone, as well as notes on the restorations from Lobster Film’s Serge Bromberg.

For our comparative reviews of some of the individual films in this collection, see our The Bakery on home video, Bears and Bad Man on home video, Collars and Cuffs on home video, Detained on home video, The Egg on home video, The Handy Man on home video, He’s in Again on home video, Hungry Hearts on home video, A Man About Town on home video, Married to Order on home video, The Pest on home video, Pick and Shovel on home video, Pie-Eyed on home video, The Show on home video, Wandering Papas on home video, The Weak End Party on home video and Zeb vs. Paprika on home video pages.