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The
Stan Laurel
Collection
(1923-1925)

Contents: Oranges and Lemons (1923), Roughest Africa (1923), Frozen Hearts (1923), The Soilers (1923), Mother’s Joy (1923), Near Dublin (1924), Zeb vs. Paprika (1924), Postage Due (1924), Chasing the Chaser (1925), Short Kilts (1924), West of Hot Dog (1924), The Snow Hawk (1925), Navy Blue Days (1925), The Sleuth (1925), Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), Half a Man (1925) and Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925).

Kino on Video
2004 DVD edition

The Stan Laurel Collection (1923-1925), black & white, 357 minutes total, not rated, including Oranges and Lemons (1923), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated, Roughest Africa (1923), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated, Frozen Hearts (1923), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, The Soilers (1923), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, Mother’s Joy (1923), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, Near Dublin (1924), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, Zeb vs. Paprika (1924), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, Postage Due (1924), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, Chasing the Chaser (1925), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated, Short Kilts (1924), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, West of Hot Dog (1924), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, The Snow Hawk (1925), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Navy Blue Days (1925), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, The Sleuth (1925), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated, Half a Man (1925), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated, and Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K365, UPC 0-38329-03652-2.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 3 August 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection of seventeen short Stan Laurel comedies, made before his successful teaming with Oliver Hardy, features the best available editions of films that are plentiful in myriad cheap discs.

The disc was produced with the assistance of Lobster Films, France, and should feature transfers from the best-available prints, both 35mm and 16mm reduction prints.

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