Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years (1928) 10 Silent Shorts With Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy Limited Edition (Blu-ray)

Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Emmett J. Flynn, Fred L. Guiol, Edgar Kennedy, Leo McCarey, James Parrott

Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Anita Garvin, Kay Deslys, Fay Holderness, Lyle Tayo, Thelma Hill, Ruby Blaine, Richard Carle, Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers

Contributors: Hal Roach, George Stevens, Len Powers, Floyd Jackman

Studio: Eureka
Main Language:
Silent - English intertitles
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 14 Apr 2025
Originally Issued: 1928
No of Discs: 2
Weight: 90g
Dimensions: 135 x 15 x 171 (mm)
Genre: Short feature
BBFC Cert: (U) Universal, suitable for all.
Rental/Retail: Retail not for Rental
Run Time: 212 minutes

Description

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this collection of silent comedy shorts filmed in 1928 before they began transitioning from silent films to sound in 1929. The shorts are: 'Leave 'Em Laughing', 'The Finishing Touch', 'From Soup to Nuts', 'You're Darn Tootin'', 'Their Purple Moment', 'Should Married Men Go Home?', 'Early to Bed', 'Two Tars', 'Habeas Corpus' and 'We Faw Down'.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Interviews: Neil Brand (silent film accompanist).
• Commentary: David Kalat (film historian/writer); Patrick Vasey (editor of 'The Laurel & Hardy Magazine'/host of 'The Laurel & Hardy Podcast'); Chris Seguin (film writer); Kyp Harness ('The Art of Laurel & Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the Films'); Glenn Mitchell (The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia); Neil Brand.
• Other Documentary: 'On Location with Laurel and Hardy'.