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For those who have never heard of Laurel & Hardy, they were a silent, and later sound comedy duo, who were among the most beloved of any comedy team on film. Over a hundred years after appearring in theaters, their work is still entertaining fans around the globe. Just to provide further clarification, the existing home video editions of THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (1927) contain the following:
To my way of thinking, this should be an award-winning creation, that deserves a place in every serious cinema library, and especially in those who have yet to experience the works of the very English Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Norvell Hardy of the great State of Georgia. transfers in a variety of aspect ratios hovering around Academy Ratio. Assessment of the video quality of three titles linked to above can be I’ll allow readers to wonder through this release at their own speed. It’s not a sit down – one and done situation. out The Flying Deuces and Legend offering March of the Wooden Soldiers and then March of the Wooden Soldiers 3D, but
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Sons of the Desert Trailer (1080p; 2:35) is the Spanish language trailer, the only one known to have survived. In Hog Wild, fixing a radio aerial on the roof turns out to be a real chore. In Come Clean, they save a suicidal woman but try to keep her hidden from their wives when she follows them home. In One Good Turn, they search for food during the depression and endeavor to help an old lady, or so they think. In Me and My Pal, they find themselves torn between getting to an important appointment and being sidelined by a jigsaw puzzle. Disc One contains 17 one-reel and two-reel comedies produced between 1918 and 1925 featuring Stan Laurel. Laurel was theater-trained in Scotland, starting out in vaudeville as Charlie Chaplin’s understudy, and venturing to the United States full time in 1917. Laurel made three films with comedian Larry Semon, the second in the series is included here, Bears and Bad Men in 1918. Stan was not the main star of these films, Semon was, although he did have more than just a supporting role in the film. Interestingly, Larry Semon’s studio closed down due to the Spanish Influenza outbreak at the time. For the next several years, Stan Laurel appeared in several one and two reel shorts at various studios until landing a contract at Hal Roach Studios in 1926, where he would eventually be teamed with Oliver Hardy. All of the films in this collection have been given an instrumental score by various composers including Eric Le Guen, Andrew Simpson, Antonio Coppola, Serge Bromberg, Ben Model, Neil Brand, Donald Sosin, and Phil Carli. The scores are presented in DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo, and with either Dolby Surround or DTS Neural:X engaged, are fairly immersive, giving the feeling of being in an old movie house with a piano player. There’s also amateur footage of them on the duo’s UK tours and an audio interview with Stan Laurel from 1957 lasting 80 minutes. If that’s wasn’t enough there’s also British newsreel footage from the time.
Laurel and Hardy made well over one hundred films of various lengths to their combined credit as a comedy duo (spanning both the silent and I've been waiting for a definitive set of the L&H silents like this for years now - so Laurel & Hardy: Year One is music to my ears! compared to many contemporary outings) along with a glut of shorts, including a reconstructed version of The Battle of the Century, This really is an exceptional set of extras and one that every Laurel and Hardy fans will surely love. The BFI really has delivered the perfect Blu-ray release and one fans can be proud to add to their collection. Extras Laurel & Hardy - The Definitive Restorations Blu-ray delivers great video and decent audio in this exceptional Blu-ray releaseGalleries all feature some prefatory explanatory text which is often very interesting: • Sons of the Desert • Publicity Portraits (1080p; 3:31) In contrast, the unreleased near complete version of THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (1927) includes the following:
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