Collection

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

Stan and Ollie look and sound better than ever in new 2K and 4K restorations from the original 35mm nitrate elements. This collection features two classic films and 17 shorts, including the legendary silent pie fight comedy The Battle of the Century, making its home video debut in a nearly complete version for the first time in over 90 years. Bonus features include 2,500 rare photos, posters, and studio files, commentaries by Randy Skretvedt and Richard W. Bann, interviews with Laurel and Hardy collaborators, alternate soundtracks, music tracks, trailers, and more than 8 hours of exclusive extras. Restored by Jeff Joseph/SabuCat in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Library of Congress using advanced photochemical and digital techniques, these timeless comedies have been returned to their original visual and audio quality.

21 movies 8h 14m total 6.7 avg

Timeline

1
The Battle of the Century
12/31/192719m 6.9
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
2
Berth Marks
6/1/192919m 6.8
Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.
3
Brats
3/22/193021m 6.8
Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.
4
Hog Wild
5/31/193019m 6.9
First, Ollie can't find his hat. Then he and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
5
Come Clean
9/2/193120m 7.2
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
6
One Good Turn
10/31/193120m 6.9
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.
7
Helpmates
1/23/193220m 7.2
Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
8
The Music Box
4/16/193229m 7.5
The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.
9
The Chimp
5/21/193225m 6.5
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
10
County Hospital
6/25/193219m 6.8
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
11
Scram!
9/10/193220m 7.1
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
12
Their First Mistake
11/5/193221m 6.4
Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.
13
Towed in a Hole
12/31/193221m 7.0
Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.
14
Twice Two
2/25/193320m 6.7
A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.
15
Me and My Pal
4/22/193320m 6.5
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.
16
The Midnight Patrol
8/3/193320m 6.6
Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.
17
Busy Bodies
10/7/193319m 7.3
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.
18
Sons of the Desert
12/29/19331h 5m 7.1
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.
19
Way Out West
4/16/19371h 4m 7.1
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.
20
That's That!
6/16/19387m 4.4
The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films this side of The Rogue Song (1930), That's That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have been compiled by film editor Bert Jordan as a present for Stan Laurel's birthday in 1938.
21
The Tree in a Test Tube
11/19/19426m 5.2
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.