{"product_id":"laurel-and-hardy-the-silent-years-1928-region-b","title":"Laurel and Hardy: The Silent Years - 1928 (Region B)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most celebrated comedy duo in cinema history, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy formed their decades-long partnership in the late 1920s in a series of silent shorts produced at the Hal Roach Studios. Having developed their on-screen chemistry in the likes of Do Detectives Think?, Putting Pants on Philip and The Battle of the Century throughout 1927, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLaurel \u0026amp; Hardy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e forged on as a double act in the last years of the silent era and into the age of talking pictures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection brings together the silent Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy shorts produced during 1928, as their partnership began to gather steam: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLeave ’em Laughing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esees Stan desperately seeking treatment for a toothache; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYou’re Darn Tootin’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollows the pair as they turn their hand to busking; in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Soup to Nuts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the boys are hired as waiters for an upper-class dinner party; and in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEarly to Bed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ollie gets to enjoy the highlife for himself when he inherits a fortune and buys an opulent mansion… but Stan soon finds ways to lower its market value. This collection also features the first Hal Roach film to officially bill Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy as a duo: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShould Married Men Go Home?,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in which a relaxing trip to the golf course quickly spirals into chaos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMasters of Cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series is honoured to present some of the finest (and funniest) films Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy ever made – newly restored in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2K resolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from the finest available materials – in a special two-disc Blu-ray edition for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe set contains the following shorts: Leave ‘em Laughing, The Finishing Touch, From Soup to Nuts, You’re Darn Tootin’, Their Purple Moment, Should Married Men Go Home?, Early to Bed, Two Tars, Habeas Corpus and We Faw Down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTWO-DISC BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from 2K restorations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScores by a variety of silent film composers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrand new audio commentaries by film historian and writer David Kalat, Patrick Vasey, (editor of The Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy Magazine and host of The Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy Podcast), film writer Chris Seguin, Kyp Harness (The Art of Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the Films), Glenn Mitchell (The Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy Encyclopedia) and silent film accompanist Neil Brand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternate Robert Youngson score on The Finishing Touch, newly restored by Stephen C. Horne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnited we Fall – brand new feature-length documentary by David Cairns and Fiona Watson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrand new interview with Neil Brand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuper 8 presentations of Dizzy Heights, Let ’em Rip, Out of Step and The Car Wreckers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Location with Laurel and Hardy – 1928 home movie footage of Laurel and Hardy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStills Galleries for each short\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Moovies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44261130502188,"sku":"5060000705416","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/laurel-and-hardy-the-silent-years-1928-region-b-new-blu-ray-5060000705416-5107661.jpg?v=1781115127","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/laurel-and-hardy-the-silent-years-1928-region-b","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}