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Mastered from the original 35mm material, this first volume of lost films from the great comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy includes all silent shorts: "Big Business" (1929, 21 min.), "Do Detectives Think?" (1927, 24 min.), "Call of the Cuckoo" (1927, 18 min.) and "The Finishing Touch" (1928, 21 min.), plus the Stan Laurel solo shorts "On the Front Page" (1926, 23 min.) and "Hustling for Health" (1918, 15 min.).
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The greatest comedy team of all time has come to DVD, in collected volumes of Laurel and Hardy's rarest shorts. Mastered from original 35mm materials, this pristine set really captures the Boys at their naughtiest. These films are fast and furious masterpieces of silent slapstick. Volume One contains such classics as Big Business (selling Christmas trees door to door can be such dangerous fun), Do Detectives Think? (a dumb pair of detectives, with the first appearance of the legendary "mixed-up derby hat" gag), The Finishing Touch (the first of the uproarious "laborer" comedies), and Call of the Cuckoo (about the house from hell featuring an all-star supporting cast), plus two early Laurel solo efforts. By the way, Stanley isn't always such a nitwit here. Sometimes he's downright mischievous. And that's director-to-be George Stevens doing the camera work. As with all volumes of this collection, this one's a comic treasure. --Bill Desowitz
The Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 Reviews
The Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 Reviews
| 46 of 47 people found the following review helpful  A marvellous treat and a surprise for those who are under 40, By This review is from: The Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 (DVD) Laurel and Hardy were giants of the cinema in their day not only because of their immense talent but also because of the more leisurely paced times of the late 1920s and the 1930s. People in small towns could scarcely wait for the next L&H film short, much as a child can't wait for his favorite uncle to pay him a day visit and then utterly delight in the magic of the time spent with that uncle. These L&H films capture that sense of delight perfectly, because they have brought back the best available prints in DVD format of the whole range of 15-20 minute shorts that so captured the nation's fancy on a mass scale 70 years ago. Do not be misled by the unfortunate title of "lost films" -- this is not a knock-off series (it is planned as an omnium gatherum of their films); nor is it "small town" in the sense of being simpleton comedy; nor is it mere nostalgia (though it is a great throw-back to the past); nor is it a poor-quality series such as... Read more 28 of 29 people found the following review helpful The beginning of a wonderful series of DVDs, This review is from: The Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 (DVD) Volume 1 in what is planned to be a 10 volume series of the early Laurel & Hardy films, most of which have been either unavailable on commercial video for years or have never been available before - that alone is reason to rejoice and praise the DVD format. What you get on this initial volume are four L&H originals (one featuring Max Davidson - "The Call of the Cuckoo" - where L&H are in more of a supportive role) as well as two super rare pre-L&H Stan Laurel shorts. Having these "bonus" films from before the advent of Stan and Ollie is almost more than a fan could ask for! I'm shocked to see actual reviews of this series here on Amazon actually COMPLAIN (! ) about them being silent or missing frames or not up to the film quality of "The Matrix" - these folks are simply missing the point and denying themselves the rare beauty and enjoyment of these truly maverick film-makers. Hal Roach Studios in tandem with Image Entertainment... Read more 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful Silent Laurel & Hardy in flawless prints, By This review is from: The Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 (DVD) As a film scholar fan of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sound shorts and features, I am frustrated that there seems to be no outlet in the United States for high quality DVDs. One should not have to go to Britain or Germany to buy decent prints of SONS OF THE DESERT, WAY OUT WEST, THE MUSIC BOX, and the rest of the Laurel & Hardy sound gems.So it is with great pleasure that I announce a superlative site for at least the long-unseen silent shorts of Laurel & Hardy--and a few friends like Charley Chase and Jimmy Finlayson. THE LOST FILMS OF LAUREL & HARDY is a ten volume DVD and VHS series from Image Entertainment and Hal Roach Studios. The stunning print sources are gorgeous 35mm nitrate camera negatives that sound as if they were recorded yesterday. This is your definitive source for silent Laurel & Hardy treasures and curios. VOLUME ONE starts off with its crowning gem, BIG BUSINESS (1929), with the boys trying to sell Christmas trees in mid-Summer in Los... Read more |
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