The opportunity to see so many of the films I love so well in such remarkable quality is something I never expected to be fortunate to experience and I hope that you enjoy the release as much as I do. At the beginning of 2019, my dad had an accident and ended up in hospice with a pretty grim diagnosis for his future. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Movies are still getting released with poor focusing: Star Trek (2009) and Les Miserables (2012) both had lengthy sections out of focus.

New 2K and 4K digital restorations from original 35mm nitrate on standard definition DVDs, Laurel and Hardy’s classic comedies are here in the best quality since their first release! A much shorter, but really fun interview also features Oliver being charming and slightly coy in a chat from 1950. BONUS EXTRAS: 2,500 rare photos, posters and studio files • Commentaries by Randy Skretvedt and Richard W. Not necessarily top tier Laurel and Hardy (the full-length films never were), but it features perhaps their most charming and endearing moment – the soft shoe dance routine to the tune of “At the Ball, That’s All” manages to be both life-affirming and hilarious at the same time. There are so many other little tit-bits he drops in, Tracy Tolzmann’s suggestion to watch the films with the commentaries on is good advice indeed!

Once the MGM publicity department got a hold of it an ’leaked’ a schedule to the UK press, Stan and Babe had no chance of any real vacation time.

This is probably the one feature they made that never felt a bit padded to hit the requisite 75-minute running time. All that’s noteworthy about it is mild flicker, occasional speckling, and at least one dropped frame. Filmed in colour in October 1981, Roy tells some fascinating tales of working practices and how some of the effects were accomplished. Label description: Very few original negatives of the silent films of Laurel and Hardy survive, and the available elements scattered throughout the world are always mediocre or unwatchable.Here’s a link to a fascinating three-minute segment of Scott MacQueen of UCLA talking about preserving Sons of the Desert: Sons of the Desert (1933) | Scott MacQueen. Incidentally, if you can’t wait to see That’s That (which is utterly fascinating for an anorak like me) you can access a blog item on it here https://beauchumps. I like to think I have seen most of the various behind the scenes images that have emerged over the years, but there are many more here. Nearly all of the films in this collection have not been treated well by their rights keepers over the 80-90 years since these films were made, with the original nitrate negatives lost forever on a majority of these. Other times, Laurel and Hardy mine humor from their attempts to be helpful, but find that the more good they try to do, the more chaotic a situation becomes.

What you do need to know is how good the quality of the blu ray reproduction is and words cannot do it true justice. My gripe is that when accessing the commentaries, the sound of the film in the background is off, rather than the norm of it being there but at a variable or even low volume.dba Freestar (“Freestar”) for the purposes of placing certain advertising on the site, and Freestar will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes.

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've listed all the Laurel And Hardy DVDs and blu-rays below, too, in case you want to see the titles a bit more clearly. So, what exactly makes this pair so special when placed amongst the myriad of other comedy teams of the time period? Known for their signature bowler hats and instantly recognisable theme tune, dubbed ‘The Cuckoo Song’, Laurel and Hardy have created an image that is definitively unique and never gets old.