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The
Soilers
(1923)
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This Stan Laurel comedy features Ena Gregory, James Finlayson and Sammy Brooks.
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 Kino on Video
2004 DVD edition
The Stan Laurel Collection (1923-1925), black & white, 357 minutes total, not rated, including The Soilers (1923), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K365, UPC 0-38329-03652-2.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 3 August 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD collection of seventeen short Stan Laurel comedies, made before his successful teaming with Oliver Hardy, features the best available editions of films that are plentiful in myriad cheap discs.
The disc was produced with the assistance of Lobster Films, Paris, and should feature transfers from the best-available prints, both 35mm and 16mm reduction prints.
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 Reelclassicdvd.com
2004 DVD edition
A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 2 (1916-1926), black & white, 93 minutes total, not rated, including The Soilers (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reelclassicdvd.com, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87622-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $20.00.
Release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is presented with a music score performed by Ben Model.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from REELCLASSIC DVD through . . .
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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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