Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years (1929) Nine 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, Tom Kennedy, Sam Lufkin, James Finlayson, Harry Bernard, Edgar Kennedy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todd, Jean Harlow
Contributors: Hal Roach, George Stevens, Len Powers, Jack Roach
Studio: Eureka
Genre: Short feature
Main Language: Silent - English intertitles
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 20 Jul 2026
Originally Issued: 1929
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (U) Universal, suitable for all.
Run Time: 181 minutes

Description

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this collection of their final silent comedy shorts filmed in 1929 as they transitioned from silent films to sound. The shorts are: 'Liberty', 'Wrong Again', 'That's My Wife', 'Big Business', 'Unaccustomed As We Are', 'Double Whoopee', 'Berth Marks', 'Bacon Grabbers' and 'Angora Love'.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Commentary: 'Liberty'/'Berth Marks'/'They Go Boom!'/'The Hoose-Gow': Chris Seguin (film writer) and Kyp Harness (author); 'Double Whoopee'/'Unaccustomed As We Are'/'Wrong Again': David Kalat (film historian/writer); 'Big Business'/'Angora Love': Neil Brand (silent film accompanist); 'That's My Wife'/'Bacon Grabbers': Glenn Mitchell (author); 'Angora Love'/'Unaccustomed As We Are': Chris Seguin and Patrick Vasey (editor/podcast host)
• Other Documentary: 'Glorious Disaster'; 'From Silent to Radio'