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Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

Stan and Ollie look and sound better than ever in new 2K and 4K restorations from the original 35mm nitrate elements. This collection features two classic films and 17 shorts, including the legendary silent pie fight comedy The Battle of the Century, making its home video debut in a nearly complete version for the first time in over 90 years. Bonus features include 2,500 rare photos, posters, and studio files, commentaries by Randy Skretvedt and Richard W. Bann, interviews with Laurel and Hardy collaborators, alternate soundtracks, music tracks, trailers, and more than 8 hours of exclusive extras. Restored by Jeff Joseph/SabuCat in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Library of Congress using advanced photochemical and digital techniques, these timeless comedies have been returned to their original visual and audio quality.

21 movies 1927 – 1942 8h 14m total 18 snapshots 556 solvers

Movies in this collection

The Battle of the Century
The Battle of the Century

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Berth Marks
Berth Marks

Berth Marks

1929 19m Dir. Lewis R. Foster

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

Brats
Brats

Brats

1930 21m Dir. James Parrott

Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.

Hog Wild
Hog Wild

Hog Wild

1930 19m Dir. James Parrott

Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.

Come Clean
Come Clean

Come Clean

1931 20m Dir. James W. Horne

The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her.

One Good Turn
One Good Turn

One Good Turn

1931 20m Dir. James W. Horne

A kindly old widow serves a free meal to the penniless boys but her greedy landlord wants to evict her for non payment of her mortgage, prompting the boys to come to her rescue.

Helpmates
Helpmates

Helpmates

1932 20m Dir. James Parrott

Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.

The Music Box
The Music Box

The Music Box

1932 29m Dir. James Parrott

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself.

The Chimp
The Chimp

The Chimp

1932 25m Dir. James Parrott

Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.

County Hospital
County Hospital

County Hospital

1932 19m Dir. James Parrott

Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.

Scram!
Scram!

Scram!

1932 20m Dir. Ray McCarey

Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.

Their First Mistake
Their First Mistake

Their First Mistake

1932 21m Dir. George Marshall

Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does.

Towed in a Hole
Towed in a Hole

Towed in a Hole

1932 21m Dir. George Marshall

Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

Twice Two
Twice Two

Twice Two

1933 20m Dir. James Parrott

Stan and Ollie, married to each other's sisters, plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries.

Me and My Pal
Me and My Pal

Me and My Pal

1933 20m Dir. Charley Rogers , Lloyd French

On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.

The Midnight Patrol
The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

1933 20m Dir. Lloyd French

Laurel and Hardy patrol the streets as the city's newest cops. This can't possibly end well--except for the criminals who can now safely commit crime.

Busy Bodies
Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

1933 19m Dir. Lloyd French

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933 1h 5m Dir. William A. Seiter
10

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Way Out West
Way Out West

Way Out West

1937 1h 4m Dir. James W. Horne
8

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

That's That!
That's That!

That's That!

1938 7m Dir. Bert Jordan

The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films side of The Rogue Song (1930), That's That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have been compiled by film editor Bert Jordan as a present for Stan Laurel's birthday in 1938.

The Tree in a Test Tube
The Tree in a Test Tube

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

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