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The Lost Films of
Laurel and Hardy

Volume Four
(1924-1936)
on

Contents: They Go Boom! (1929), Their Purple Moment (1928), Bacon Grabbers (1929), Unaccustomed As We Are (1929), Should Sailors Marry? (1924) and On the Wrong Trek (1936).

2000 Hal Roach Studios edition

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, The Complete Collection, Volume Four (1924-1936), black & white, 120 minutes total, not rated.

Hal Roach Studios, HRS 4794, UPC 0-14381-47942-3.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, snapper case (reissued in keep case), $29.99.
DVD release date: 4 January 2000.
Country of origin: USA

We have not viewed the DVD. We have seen some of the films on laserdisc and VHS videotape, and we have seen other DVD releases in this series. Our hipshot opinion of the DVD, sight unseen, is that some films will look very good (transferred from the original 35mm negatives) and others may be passable at best, usually films transferred from the best surviving material in the possession of Hal Roach Studios. Read our review of volume three in this series for an idea of what to expect from this recent release.

 
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Other silent era Laurel and Hardy films available on DVD home video:
Early Silent Classics of Laurel and Hardy, Volume 1 (1922-1926)
Early Silent Classics of Laurel and Hardy, Volume 2 (1917-1926)
Early Silent Classics of Laurel and Hardy, Volume 3 (1924-1943)
Early Silent Classics of Laurel and Hardy, Volume 4 (1923-1926)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume One (1918-1929)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Two (1923-1929)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Three (1922?-1929)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Five (1924-1929)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Six (1923-1929)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Seven (1927-1934)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Eight (1923-1928)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Nine (1926-1928)

Other silent era comedy collections available on DVD home video:
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One (1917-1919)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two (1918-1920)
The Art of Buster Keaton (1920-1962)
The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (1917-1918)
The Chaplin Collection, Volume 1 (1925-1952)
The Chaplin Collection, Volume 2 (1918-1957)
Chaplin: Collector’s Choice Double Feature (1914-1918)
Chaplin: Early Masterpieces (1915-1918)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Volume 1 (1917)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Volume 2 (1916)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Volume 3 (1916)
The Chaplin Mutual Comedies, 90th Anniversary Edition (1916-1917)
The Chaplin Revue (1918-1923)
Chaplin: The Artist In His Prime (1914-1925)
Chaplin Sakuhin Shuu 5 (1917)
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies, Volume 1 (1915)
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies, Volume 2 (1915)
Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies, Volume 3 (1915-1918)
Chaplin: The Collection (1914-19??)
Charles Chaplin: A First National Collection (1918-1923)
The Charley Chase Collection (1924-1926)
The Charley Chase Collection II (1922-1926)
Charley Chase: Jimmy Jump Series (1923-1925)
Charlie Chaplin: 57 Classics (1914-1921)
Charlie Chaplin Marathon (1914-1917)
Charlie Chaplin Short Comedy Classics (1915-1918)
The Comedy of Max Linder (1905-1913)
The Cook and Other Treasures (1917-1920)
The Essential Charlie Chaplin Collection (1914-1921)
Famous Comedy Legends, Volume 1 (1915-1927)
Famous Comedy Legends, Volume 2 (1916-1928)
Fatty Arbuckle Festival (1913-1915)
A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 5 (1914-1927)
The Films of Bobby Vernon (1927-1929)
The Films of Lige Conley (1926-1928)
The Films of Monty Banks (1923-1924)
Hal Roach’s Rascals (1925-1938)
The Harold Lloyd Collection (1918-1922)
The Harold Lloyd Collection II (1918-1921)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 1 (1919-1936)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 2 (1919-1930)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 3 (1920-1932)
Harry Langdon: The Forgotten Clown (1926-1927)
Keystone Comedies, Number 1 (1915-1917)
Keystone Films, Volume 1 (1915-1916)
Keystone Kops Festival / Buster Keaton Festival (1913-1922)
Krazy Keystone Komedies (1914-1915)
Larry Semon, Volume 1 (1918-1927)
Larry Semon, Volume 2 (1917-1925)
Laugh with Max Linder (1908-1921)
Mabel Normand Films (1913-1916)
The Oliver Hardy Collection (1921-1927)
Our Gang, Volume 1 (1922-1923)
Silent Comedy Mafia, Volume 1 (1918-1928)
Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929)
Slapstick Masters (1917-1929)
Snooky the Chimp (1920-1921)
The Stan Laurel Collection (1923-1925)

 
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