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Early
Silent Classics of
Laurel and Hardy
Volume 4
(1922-1926)

Contents: Mud and Sand (1922), Oranges and Lemons (1923), West of Hot Dog (1924), Bromo and Juliet (1926) and Crazy Like a Fox (1926).

Alpha Video
2005 DVD edition

Early Silent Classics of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Volume 4 (1922-1926), black & white, 131 minutes total, not rated, including Mud and Sand (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Oranges and Lemons (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, West of Hot Dog (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Bromo and Juliet (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Crazy Like a Fox (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 4682D, UPC 0-89218-46829-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 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 mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 22 February 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this collection reveals a consistent use of 16mm reduction prints for the video transfers of five films included. The transfer for Oranges and Lemons, for instance, originates from a Video Yesteryear VHS videotape, and the resulting quality is passable.

The films are accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting recordings.

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