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STAN to OLLIE: 'The harder they fall, the bigger I am.'

Laurel & Hardy Collections on DVD in 2004
German series (Kinowelt Home Entertainment, Leipzig)
Dutch series (Universal Pictures Video Benelux, Amsterdam)
UK series (Universal Pictures Video, London)

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THE GERMAN LAUREL & HARDY SERIES

Release through Kinowelt Home Entertainment (Leipzig) January 2000 - April 2004

Price:
INDIVIDUAL Volumes about 15 EUR (18,5 USD - 10 GBP)
10 DVD BOXES used from about 100 to 200 EUR (123-245 USD / 67-134 GBP)

Special releases:
Box 1 10 DVDs (November 2002)
Box 2 10 DVDs (November 2003)

VOLUME TITLES - click on title for details
Kinowelt didn't number the volumes, they are presented here in order of release date.
he discs also have German dubbed versions of all the talkies.
he original versions have GERMAN OPTIONAL SUBTITLES

VOLUME DETAILS

VOL. 1: Die Qual mit den Stiefeln / Alle Hunde lieben Stan
January 15, 2000

Be Big
Laughing Gravy
Les Caroiers
Los Calaveras

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VOL. 2: Der große Fang / Selige Campingfreuden / Die besudelte Ehre
February 15, 2000

Going Bye-Bye!
hem Thar Hills
it For Tat

A tribute to the Boys / Ein Dankeschön an die Jungs (a documentary tribute to Laurel & Hardy, hosted by Dom Deluise with comments from - among others - Johnny Carson, Walter Mahau, Chuck McCann, Steve Allen, Rich Lile, Dick Martin, the Smothers Brothers and Henny Youngman)

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VOL. 3: Zwei rien nach Texas
April 11, 2000

Way Out West
Puing Pants on Philip

A tribute to the Boys/ Ein Dankeschön an die Jungs (a documentary tribute to Laurel & Hardy, hosted by Dom Deluise with comments from - among others - Johnny Carson, Walter Mahau, Chuck McCann, Steve Allen, Rich Lile, Dick Martin, the Smothers Brothers and Henny Youngman)

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VOL. 4: Die Wüstensöhne
June 27, 2000
Sons of the Desert
We faw down

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VOL. 5: Vaterfreuden; Wir sitzen in der Klemme
August 22, 2000

Brats
Helpmates
Early to Bed

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VOL. 6: Die Doppelgänger
October 10, 2000

Our Relations
Should married men go Home?

German cinema trailer 'Our Relations' (Atlas Distr.)

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VOL. 7: Das große Geschäft/Unter Null/Der zermürbende Klaviertransport
November 28, 2000

Big Business
Below Zero
he Music Box

Clip with gorilla from 'Swiss Miss'

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VOL. 8: In Oxford
March 27, 2001

A Chump at Oxford
From Soup to Nuts
Clip from Pardon Us: The Prison School
Introduction by Theo Lingen
German trailer A Chump at Oxford (Atlas Distr.)

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VOL. 9: In die Falle gelockt/Angeheitert/Die Dame auf der Schulter
May 8, 2001

Come Clean
Bloo
Chickens Come Home
Love 'Em and Weep

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VOL. 10: Die Klotzköpfe
June 19, 2001

Block-Heads
Unaccustomed As We Are

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VOL. 11: Als Matrosen & Gehen vor Anker & Kaufen ein Schiff
August 7. 2001

Men O'War
Any Old Port
owed in a Hole
Why Girls Love Sailors

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VOL. 12: Die Teufelsbrüder
October 16, 2001

Pack Up Your Troubles
heir First Mistake
Wrong Again
Blinde Wut ('Wrong Again' with intertitles removed and German dialogue added)
Intro by Theo Lingen

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VOL. 13: Auf hoher See
March 12, 2002
Saps at Sea
he Live Ghost
Sailors, Beware!
Die Dame mit den langen Fingern ('Sailors, Beware!' with intertitles removed and German dialogue added)

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VOL. 14: Die Geldgierigen & Im Krankenhaus & Als Reer in der Not
April 16, 2002

heir Purple Moment (Beau Hunks score)
County Hospital
One Good Turn
Double Whoopee (organ score)
Der Prinz im Fahrstuhlschacht (compilation of 'Leave 'Em Laughing' (part) and 'Double Whoopee' with intertitles removed and German dialogue added)
German trailer 'A Chump at Oxford' (Atlas Distr.)

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VOL. 15: In der Wüste/Als Mitgiftjäger/Als Ehemänner
May 28, 2002

Beau Hunks
Me and My Pal
wice Two
Sugar Daddies
Die Dame mit den langen Fingern ('Sailors, Beware!' with intertitles removed and German dialogue added)
Crazy like a Fox (Charley Chase)
One Moment Please! (Home movie from the late 50s: Oliver Hardy en Stan Laurel visiting with Stan's daughter Lois at her home in Tarzana)

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VOL. 16: Hinter Schloss und Riegel
July 16, 2002

Pardon Us (official version)
Pardon Us (extended version)
German phonic trailer 'Hinter Schloss und Riegel' (Pardon Us)
he Second Hundred Years

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VOL. 17: Als Salontiroler
September 10, 2002

Swiss Miss
he Chimp
You´re Darn Tootin' (organ score)
Short Kilts (Laurel solo)

German phonic trailer 'Hinter Schloss und Riegel' (Pardon Us)
German dubbed Trailers 'A Chump at Oxford' and 'Our Relations' (Atlas Distr.)

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VOL. 18: Als Schonsteinfeger & Am Rande der Kreissäge & Das unfertige Fertighaus
November 5, 2002

Dirty Work
Busy Bodies
hey Go Boom!
he Finishing Touch (Beau Hunks score)
Be your Age (Charley Chase)

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VOL. 19: Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald
January 28, 2003

The Bohemian Girl
Slipping Wives (Beau Hunks score)
Bromo and Juliet (Charley Chase - with Oliver Hardy)
Grand Hotel (home movie: Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth, England 1932. also with Stan's father))
Stan and Olly (home movie: Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh, the Castle, cinema The Play House 1932)

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VOL. 20: Panik auf der Leiter & Unschuldig hinter Giern & Two Tars & Angora Love
25 maart 2003

Hog Wild
he Hoose-Gow
wo Tars (Beau Hunks score)
Angora Love (Beau Hunks score)
he Lucky Dog
Movie Night ( Charley Chase)

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VOL. 21: Rache ist süß
June 24, 2003

Babes in Toyland
Duck Soup
Another Fine Mess

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VOL. 22: Dick und Doof als Einbrecher u.a.
August, 2003

Night Owls)
he Midnight Patrol
he Fixer-Uppers
Habeas Corpus (organ score)
he Noon Whistle (Solofilm Stan Laurel - piano score)
Do you love your wife? (Solofilm Stan Laurel and Lois Nielsen - piano score)
Limousine Love (Charley Chase)

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VOL 23: Gelächter in der Nacht u.a.
October 28, 2003
'Scram!'
he Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Our Wife
Do Detectives Think
hat's My Wife
Flying Elephants
Call of the Cuckoo (Max Davidson with cameo L&H)
Bacon Grabbers

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VOL 24: Zum Nachtisch weiche Birnen u.a.
January, 2004

hicker Than Water
Oliver the Eighth
With Love and Hisses (Beau Hunks score)
hat's My Wife
Liberty (Vitaphone score)
On the Wrong Trek (Charley Chase with L&H cameo)
Fluering Hearts (Charley Chase)

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VOL 25: Dick & Doof machen eine Landpartie
April 6, 2004

Perfect Day
Berth Marks
he Bale of the Century
On the Loose
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Leave 'Em Laughing
Big Business

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BOX 1 (10 DVDs)
Released November 2002

Zwei rien nach Texas
Die Wüstensöhne
In der Wüste
Auf hoher See
In Oxford
Der große Fang
Vaterfreuden
Klotzköpfe
Als Matrosen
Die Geldgierigen

BOX 2 (10 DVDs)
Released November 2003

Die Qual mit den Stiefeln
Die Doppelgänger
Das große Geschäft
In die Falle gelockt
Die Teufelsbrüder
Hinter Schloß und Riegel
Dick und Doof als Schornsteinfeger
Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald
Panik auf der Leiter
Rache ist süss

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THE BENELUX LAUREL & HARDY SERIES
Benelux release through Universdal Pictures Video (Amsterdam)

Price:
INDIVIDUAL discs (2 discs in 1 volume) about 13 EUR (ca. 8.70 GBP - 16 USD)
HE GROUP PRICE (Inc. Bonus Disc) about 234 EUR (ca 156 GBP - 287 USD)

Running Time
per disc between 1 and 2 hours.

Three Sets
Silents (shorts) - Vol 1 (2 discs) - Vol 2 (2discs) - 1927-1929
Talkies (shorts) - Vol 1 (2 discs) - Vol 2 (2discs) - Vol 3 (2 discs) - 1929-1935
Features - Vol 1 (2 discs) - Vol 2 (2discs) - Vol 3 (2 discs) - Vol 4 (2 discs) - 1931-1940

TOGETHER 18 discs (9 double DVDs) and Bonus DVD - (FOR BUYERS WHO SAVE THE COUPONS INCLUDED IN EACH DOUBLE-DVD)

CONTENTS BONUS DISC:
Prehistory and Cameo Parts: The Lucky Dog, Get ‘Em Young, 45 Minutes From Hollywood, Call Of The Cuckoos, The Stolen Jools, On The Loose, On The Wrong Trek, The Tree In A Test Tube.
Documents: Tynemouth, Grand Hotel (1932), Edinburgh en Glasgow (1932), Stan visits his father (1932), Copenhagen (1947), De Wereld van Week tot Week (Dutch cinema newsreel, with arrival of the boys in Paris, 1947) , Arrival Paris (French radio report, audio) (1947), Arrival Bruxelles (Femish radio report, audio) (1947), Interview with Oliver Hardy (1950, before embarking), Oliver visits Stan (alo known as ‘One moment Please, 1956), Stan Laurel at home in Santa Monica (1961).
Extra’s: “Cuckoo Dans†(Dutch version of the Cuckoo Dance, singer Bob Scholte, ca 1934, audio), Dutch trailers for Way Out West, The Flying Deuces, Sons of the Desert, Pack Up Your Troubles, Our Relations, A Chump at Oxford, The Bohemian Girl.

Original versions with OPTIONAL Dutch subtitles.

SILENTS (SHORTS) -
released July 6th 2004
VOL 1

1927-1929

Silents VOL. 1 disc 1

Duck Soup 1927
With Love and Hisses 1927
Do Detectives Think? 1927
Flying Elephants 1928
he Second Hundred Years 1927
Puing Pants on Philip 1927
he Bale of the Century 1927
Angora Love 1929

Silents VOL. 1 disc 2

Leave 'Em Laughing1928
he Finishing Touch1928
You're Darn Tootin' 1928
heir Purple Moment 1928
Early to Bed 928
hat's My Wife 1929
Big Business1929

VOL 2

1927 - 1929

Silents VOL. 2 disc 1

Slipping Wives 1927
Love 'Em and Weep1927
Why Girls Love Sailors 1927
Sailors, Beware! 1927
Sugar Daddies 1927
From Soup to Nuts 1928
Should Married Men Go Home? 1928

Silents VOL. 2 disc 2

Two Tars 1928
Habeas Corpus1928
We Faw Down1928
Liberty1929
Wrong Again 1929
Double Whoopee
Bacon Grabbers 1929

TALKIES (SHORTS)
released March 11th 2004
VOL 1

1929 -1930

Talkies VOL. 1 disc 1

Unaccustomed As We Are 1929
Berth Marks 1929
Men O'War 1929
Perfect Day 1929
hey Go Boom! 1929
he Hoose-Gow 1929
Night Owls 1930

Talkies VOL. 1 disc 2

Bloo 1930
Brats 1930
Below Zero 1930
Hog Wild 1930
he Laurel-Hardy Murder Case 1930
Another Fine Mess 1930

VOL 2

1931-1932

Talkies VOL. 2 disc 1

Be Big 1931
Chickens Come Home 1931
Laughing Gravy + lange versie 1931
Our Wife 1931
Come Clean 1931
One Good Turn 1931

Talkies VOL. 2 disc 2

Beau Hunks 1931
Helpmates 1932
Any Old Port 1932
he Music Box 1932
he Chimp 1932
County Hospital 1932

VOL 3

1932 - 1935

Talkies VOL. 3 disc 1

'Scram!' 1932
heir First Mistake 1932
owed in a Hole 1933
wice Two 1933
Me and My Pal 1933
he Midnight Patrol 1933
Busy Bodies 1933

Talkies VOL. 3 disc 2

Dirty Work 1933
Oliver the Eighth 1934
Going Bye-Bye! 1934
hem Thar Hills 1934
he Live Ghost 1934
it for Tat 1935
he Fixer-Uppers 1935
hicker Than Water 1935

FEATURES
release set for May 2004
VOL 1

1930-1933

Features VOL. 1 disc 1

Pardon us + trailer + extra footage 1931
Pack Up Your Troubles 1932

Features VOL. 1 disc 2

Fra Diavolo 1933
Sons of the Desert 1933

VOL 2

1934-1936

Features VOL. 2 disc 1

Babes in Toyland 1934
Bonnie Scotland 1935

Features VOL. 2 disc 2

The Bohemian girl 1936
Our relations 1936

VOL 3

1937-1938

Features VOL. 3 disc 1

Way out West 1937
Swiss Miss 1938

Features VOL.3 disc 2

Block-heads 1938
he Flying Deuces 1938

VOL 4

1940
(1931)

Features VOL. 4 disc 1

A Chump at Oxford 1940
Saps at sea 1940

Features VOL. 4 disc 2

Les Caroiers 1931
Los Calaveros 1932

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THE UK LAUREL & HARDY SERIES
Set for UK release through Universdal Pictures Video (London) on 3rd MAY 2004

Price:
INDIVIDUAL Volume about 16 GBP (ca 24 EUR - 30 USD)
THE COLLECTION GROUP PRICE (Inc. Disc 21) about 200 GBP (ca 300 EUR - 367 USD)

Running Time
tper disc between 2 and 3 hours.

VOLUME TITLES - click on title for details

VOLUME DETAILS

VOL. 1: A Chump At Oxford Plus Related Stories

A CHUMP AT OXFORD - restored black-and-white version
tA CHUMP AT OXFORD - computer-colour version
tFROM SOUP TO NUTS - restored version
tANOTHER FINE MESS - restored black-and-white version
tANOTHER FINE MESS - computer-colour version

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DVD VOL. 2: Someone's Ailing - Classic Shorts

COUNTY HOSPITAL - restored black-and-white version
tCOUNTY HOSPITAL - computer-colour version
HEM THAR HILLS - restored black-and-white version
HEM THAR HILLS - computer-colour version
IT FOR TAT - restored black-and-white version
IT FOR TAT - computer-colour version
tPERFECT DAY - restored black-and-white version
tPERFECT DAY - computer-colour version
HEY GO BOOM! - restored black-and-white version
tLEAVE 'EM LAUGHING - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 3: Way Out West plus shorts featuring James Finlayson

WAY OUT WEST - restored black-and-white version
tWAY OUT WEST - computer-colour version
tONE GOOD TURN - black-and-white version
tONE GOOD TURN - computer-colour version
HICKER THAN WATER - restored black-and-white version
HICKER THAN WATER - computer-colour version

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VOL. 4: Ollie and Matrimony - Classic shorts

BEAU HUNKS - restored black-and-white version
tBEAU HUNKS - computer-colour version
tOUR WIFE - restored black-and-white version
tOUR WIFE - computer-colour version
tHELPMATES - restored black-and-white version
tHELPMATES - computer-colour version
tME AND MY PAL - black-and-white version
tME AND MY PAL - computer-colour version

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DVD VOL. 5: Our Relations and 'dual roles' shorts

OUR RELATIONS - restored black-and-white version
tOUR RELATIONS - computer-colour version
tBRATS - restored black-and-white version
tBRATS - computer-colour version
WICE TWO - restored black-and-white version
WICE TWO - computer-colour version

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DVD VOL. 6: Murder in the Air - Classic shorts
THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE - restored black-and-white version
HE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE - computer-colour version
tNOCHE DE DUENDES - The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks combined into a special Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue
tBERTH MARKS - restored black-and-white version
tBERTH MARKS - computer-colour version
tOLIVER THE EIGHTH - restored black-and-white version
tOLIVER THE EIGHTH - computer-colour version

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DVD VOL. 7: Block-Heads and related shorts

tBLOCK-HEADS - restored black-and-white version
tBLOCK-HEADS - computer-colour version
tUNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE - restored black-and-white version
tUNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE - computer-colour version
tWITH LOVE AND HISSES - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tSHOULD MARRIED MEN GO HOME? - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 8: Blackmail - Classic shorts

CHICKENS COME HOME - restored black-and-white version
tCHICKENS COME HOME - computer-colour version
tPOLITIQUERIAS - Chickens Come Home in an extended Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue
tCOME CLEAN - restored black-and-white version
tLOVE 'EM AND WEEP - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tSUGAR DADDIES - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tEARLY TO BED - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 9: The Bohemian Girl and related shorts

HE BOHEMIAN GIRL - restored black-and-white version
HE BOHEMIAN GIRL - computer-colour version
tON THE LOOSE - restored black-and-white version of a Laurel & Hardy guest appearance
HAT'S MY WIFE - restored black-and-white silent comedy, with music and sound effects from its original release
tALONG CAME AUNTIE - black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 10: Snow! - Classic shorts

LAUGHING GRAVY - restored original 2-reel black-and-white version
tLAUGHING GRAVY - restored 3-reel black-and-white version
tLAUGHING GRAVY - 3-reel computer-colour version
tLES CAROIERS - Be Big and the 3-reel Laughing Gravy combined into a special French-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue
HE FIXER-UPPERS - restored black-and-white version
HE FIXER-UPPERS - computer-colour version
tSLIPPING WIVES - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 11: Saps at Sea and 'music' shorts
SAPS AT SEA - restored black-and-white version
tSAPS AT SEA - computer-colour version
tYOU'RE DARN TOOTIN' - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tBELOW ZERO - restored black-and-white version
tBELOW ZERO - computer-colour version
IEMBLA Y TITUBEA - Below Zero in an extended Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue

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DVD VOL. 12: L&H and the Law - Classic shorts

SCRAM! - restored black-and-white version
tSCRAM! - computer-colour version
tNIGHT OWLS - restored black-and-white version
tNIGHT OWLS - computer-colour version
tLADRONES - Night Owls in an extended Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue
HE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tCALL OF THE CUCKOO - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tDUCK SOUP - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tFORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM HOLLYWOOD - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tBIG BUSINESS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 13: Sons of the Desert and related shorts

tSONS OF THE DESERT - restored black-and-white version
tSONS OF THE DESERT - computer-colour version
tWE FAW DOWN - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
HEIR PURPLE MOMENT - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tON THE WRONG TREK - restored black-and-white version

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DVD VOL. 14: A Job to Do- Classic shorts

BUSY BODIES - restored black-and-white version
tBUSY BODIES - computer-colour version
tDOUBLE WHOOPEE - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tHOG WILD - black-and-white version
tHOG WILD - computer-colour version
tDIRTY WORK - restored black-and-white version
tDIRTY WORK - computer-colour version
HE FINISHING TOUCH - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
HE MUSIC BOX - restored black-and-white version
HE MUSIC BOX - computer-colour version
tHATS OFF - stills gallery

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DVD VOL. 15: Pack Up Your Troubles - and related 'Adopt-a-Child' shorts

PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES - restored black-and-white version
tPACK UP YOUR TROUBLES - computer-colour version
HEIR FIRST MISTAKE - restored black-and-white version
HEIR FIRST MISTAKE - computer-colour version
tPUING PANTS ON PHILIP - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 16: Maritime Adventures - Classic shorts

THE LIVE GHOST - restored black-and-white version
tSAILORS, BEWARE! - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
WO TARS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tMEN O'WAR - restored black-and-white version
tMEN O'WAR - computer-colour version
tANY OLD PORT! - restored black-and-white version
tWHY GIRLS LOVE SAILORS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
OWED IN A HOLE - restored black-and-white version
OWED IN A HOLE - computer-colour version

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DVD VOL. 17: Swiss Miss - and ÔAnimalÕ shorts

SWISS MISS - restored black-and-white version
tSWISS MISS - computer-colour version
HE CHIMP - black-and-white version
HE CHIMP - computer-colour version
tFLYING ELEPHANTS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 18: Married Life - and Anita Garvin

tBLOO - restored black-and-white version
tBLOO - computer-colour version
tLA VIDA NOCTURNA - Bloo in an extended Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue
tBE BIG - restored black-and-white version
tBE BIG - computer-colour version
tLOS CALAVERAS - Be Big and Laughing Gravy combined into a feature-length Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue

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DVD VOL. 19: Pardon Us and related shorts

tPARDON US - restored, extended length black-and-white version
tPARDON US - extended length computer-colour version
HE HOOSE-GOW - restored black-and-white version
HE HOOSE-GOW - computer-colour version
HE BALE OF THE CENTURY - black-and-white silent comedy with music

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DVD VOL. 20: More Brushes with the Law - Classic shorts

tGOING BYE-BYE! - restored black-and-white version
tGOING BYE-BYE! - computer-colour version
tDO DETECTIVES THINK? - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tHABEAS CORPUS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tANGORA LOVE - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tBACON GRABBERS - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
HE MIDNIGHT PATROL - restored black-and-white version
HE MIDNIGHT PATROL - computer-colour version
tLIBERTY - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music
tWRONG AGAIN - restored black-and-white silent comedy with music

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VOL. 21: Special Bonus Disc (available only in the box set)

tBRATS (1930)
tHINTER SCHLOSS UND RIEGEL (1931)
HUNDERING FLEAS (1926)
tFLUERING HEARTS (1927)
tPRUDENCE (1927)
tLAUREL & HARDY - A TRIBUTE TO THE BOYS

This Bonus Disc contains two Laurel & Hardy rarities: the original 1930 version of Brats with the original music score, art-deco style opening titles plus the long-missing introductory gag card (a later, reissue version of this short appears in vol. 5), and a short reel of clips from .Hinter Schloss und Riegel., the German version of 'Pardon Us' (which appears in vol. 19), remade by Laurel & Hardy with the aide of language coaches and prompt boards.

tAlso included are three related films - two of them featuring Oliver Hardy - which form a 'sampler' of other Hal Roach comedies. In 'Thundering Fleas', Oliver Hardy appears alongside Our Gang regulars as a cop whose uniform is suddenly occupied by the energetic refugees from the flea circus - and who has to improvise a semblance of decency after the disappearance of his trousers! Also present are Laurel & Hardy's future foil James Finlayson and, beneath a large prop moustache, star comic Charley Chase. 'Fluering Hearts' is a Charley Chase two-reeler with a pre-Laurel & Hardy appearance of Oliver Hardy, and 'Prudence' is a Max Davidson comedy, reportedly wrien by Stan Laurel (although the official story credit belongs to Hal Roach). To round off this bonus disc is a documentary tribute to Laurel & Hardy, hosted by Dom Deluise with comments from - among others - Johnny Carson, Walter Mahau, Chuck McCann, Steve Allen, Rich Lile, Dick Martin, the Smothers Brothers and Henny Youngman.

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