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Laurel & Hardy
Year One
(1922-1928)

Contents: The Lucky Dog (1921), 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926), Duck Soup (1927), Slipping Wives (1927), Love ’em and Weep (1927), Why Girls Love Sailors (1927), With Love and Hisses (1927), Sailors, Beware! (1927), Do Detectives Think? (1927), Sugar Daddies (1927), The Second Hundred Years (1927), Call of the Cuckoo (1927), Putting Pants on Phillip (1927), The Battle of the Century (1927) and Flying Elephants (1928).

Flicker Alley
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition

Laurel & Hardy: Year One (1922-1928), black & white and color-toned black & white, 315 minutes total, not rated,
including The Lucky Dog (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Duck Soup (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Slipping Wives (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Love ’em and Weep (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Why Girls Love Sailors (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, With Love and Hisses (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sailors, Beware! (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Do Detectives Think? (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sugar Daddies (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Second Hundred Years (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Call of the Cuckoo (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Putting Pants on Phillip (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Battle of the Century (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Flying Elephants (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0083, UPC 6-17311-68839-3.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English language SDH subtitles; chapter stops; insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 25 July 2023.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival and private collection prints. The collection has been curated by L&H historians Randy Skretvedt, Richard W. Bann, Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange and Ulrich Ruedel.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Eric le Guen and Donald Sosin. Optional musical scores include soundtracks for the 1930s French rereleases of Slipping Wives, Why Girls Love Sailors, and Flying Elephants.

Supplementary material includes audio commentaries for each film by L&H historian and author Randy Skretvedt; audio commentary for The Battle of the Century by Randy Skretvedt and Serge Bromberg; “Restoring Laurel & Hardy,” a documentary by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange; “Laurel & Hardy On-Location,” a video essay by historian John Bengtson on selected location exteriors; Hats Off (1927) slideshow presentation of this presumed lost film; multiple image galleries containing original publicity materials, press reviews and rare production stills; and an insert booklet featuring a new essay by historian Richard W. Bann on the Blackhawk Films story and the company’s stewardship of the Laurel & Hardy film materials, an introduction to the collection by Serge Bromberg, and notes on each film by historian Randy Skretvedt.

This set is likely to be the best home video edition of the films available.

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