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Hal Roach
Female Comedy Teams
(1928-1935)
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Contents: Feed ’em and Weep (1928), A Pair of Tights (1929), Going Ga-Ga (1929) [fragments], The Pajama Party (1931), On the Loose (1931), Show Business (1932), Asleep in the Feet (1933), The Bargain of the Century (1933), Beauty and the Bus (1933), Babes in the Goods (1934), Maid in Hollywood (1934), The Misses Stooge (1935) and Top Flat (1935).
This collection focuses on the female comedy teamings at the Hal Roach Studios in the wake of the successful teaming of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Among the stars are Anita Garvin, Marion Byron, Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly.
Many of the films have not been released on home video before.
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 Edition Filmmuseum
2010 DVD edition
Hal Roach: Female Comedy Teams (1928-1935), black & white, 228 minutes total, not rated,
including Feed ’em and Weep (1928), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, A Pair of Tights (1929), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Going Ga-Ga (1929) [fragments], black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, The Pajama Party (1931), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, On the Loose (1931), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Show Business (1932), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Asleep in the Feet (1933), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, The Bargain of the Century (1933), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Beauty and the Bus (1933), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, Babes in the Goods (1934), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, Maid in Hollywood (1934), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, The Misses Stooge (1935), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated, and Top Flat (1935), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated.
Edition Filmmuseum, 57, UPC/EAN 4-260100-33057-5.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.4 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, optional German language subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; €29,95 (reduced to €25,17).
Release date: 17 December 2010 (reissued in enhanced edition January 2012).
Country of origin: Germany
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.
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