Laurel and Hardy - The Silent Years Limited Edition Blu-Ray

This collection captures Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's earliest (mis)adventures on the silver screen, chronicling their journey from their first films together - The Lucky Dog and the aptly titled 45 Minutes to Hollywood - to the beginning of their official partnership in thirteen short films produced in 1927. From Duck Soup and Sailors Beware! to Do Detectives Think?, Putting Pants on Philip, and The Battle of the Century (once available only in incomplete versions until the missing scenes were rediscovered in 2015). SPECIAL BLU-RAY EDITION WITH TV DISKS:

Limited edition O-Card case with new artwork by Scott Saslow

1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from 2K restorations by Lucky Dog, 45 Minutes from Hollywood, Duck Soup, Slipping Wives, Love 'em and Weep, Why Girls Love Sailors, With Love and Hisses, Sailors, Beware!, Do Detectives Think?, Flying Elephants, Sugar Daddies, The Second 100 Years, Call of the Cuckoo, Putting Pants on Philip, and The Battle of the Century

Film music by a variety of silent film composers, including Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Eric le Guen, and Donald Sosin. Brand new audio commentaries on Lucky Dog, 45 Minutes From Hollywood, Duck Soup, Slipping Wives, and Love 'em and Weep by film historian and author David Kalat. Brand new audio commentaries on Why Girls Love Sailors, With Love and Hisses, Sailors Beware, and The Second 100 Years by Patrick Vasey, editor of The Laurel & Hardy Magazine and host of The Laurel & Hardy Podcast. Brand new audio commentaries on Do Detectives Think? and The Battle of the Century by film writer Chris Seguin and Kyp Harness (The Art of Laurel & Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the films) Brand new audio commentary on Flying Elephants, Sugar Daddies, Call of the Cuckoo, and Putting Pants on Philip by Glenn Mitchell (The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia)

Brand new audio commentary on The Second 100 Years and The Battle of the Century by silent film accompanist Neil Brand

Alternative Robert Youngson music on Putting Pants on Philip, newly restored by Stephen C. Horne

Brand new interview with Neil Brand

Laurel & Hardy in the UK - 1932 recording of Laurel and Hardy promoting their tour in Britain, with pictures of the duo visiting Tynemouth

Turning Point: Stan Laurel - Extensive interview with Stan Laurel from 1957

Stan Laurel talks to Tony Thomas - interview from 1959 with pictures from Laurel & Hardy's visit to Edinburgh during their tour in the UK in 1932

Sailors Beware - Super 8 version with audio commentary by Chris Seguin and Glenn Mitchell

The Bulldog Breed - Super 8 version of Do Detectives Think? with audio commentary by Chris Seguin and Glenn Mitchell

The Mad Butler - Super 8 version of Do Detectives Think? with audio commentary by Chris Seguin and Glenn Mitchell

The Battle of the Century Pie Fight - Super 8 version with audio commentary by Chris Seguin

Still image galleries for each short film

PLUS: A companion booklet with newly written notes on each film by author and comedian Paul Merton, and a new essay by silent film expert Imogen Sara Smith