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The Pest
(1922)
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This short comedy, directed by Gilbert Pratt, stars Stan Laurel and Vera Reynolds, with Glen Cavender, Joy Winthrop, Mae Laurel and Hero the dog.
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 Flicker Alley
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1914-1926), black & white, 590 minutes total, not rated, including The Pest (1922), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0073, UPC 6-17311-68739-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (two BDs in the set); 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; 2 chapter stops; 32-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 29 January 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from 2K high definition scans of archival film elements.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Frederick Hodges.
Supplemental material includes an image gallery featuring photographs from the Library of Congress collections; 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.
This is our recommended home video edition of this film.
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This
Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Flicker Alley
2008 DVD edition
Saved from the Flames: 54 Rare and Restored Films 1896-1944 (1896-1944), black & white, color-tinted black & white, color-toned black & white, color-tinted-and-toned black & white, and color, 420 minutes total, not rated, including The Pest (1922), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0006,
UPC 6-17311-67339-9, ISBN 1-893967-33-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 8.5 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English, French and Italian language intertitles (some films), optional English language subtitles (some films); chapter stops; 16-page insert booklet; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 22 January 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition, mostly culled from Lobster Films’ Retour de Flamme French home video series, groups diverse films into presentations entitled “New Beginnings,” “Magical Movies,” “Seeing the World,” “Laughing Like We Used To,” “Drawings and Models,” “Grace Notes,” “Persuade Me,” and “Tell Me a Story.”
Supplemental material includes a 16-page insert booklet with notes on the films.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era STAN LAUREL films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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