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The Lost Films of
Laurel and Hardy
Volume Nine
(1926-1928)
 

Contents: Mum’s the Word (1926), Thundering Fleas (1926), Wandering Papas (1926), Battle of the Century (1927), Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) [two versions, English and French] and You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928).

 2000 Hal Roach Studios DVD edition

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, The Complete Collection, Volume Nine (1926-1928), black & white, 132 minutes total, not rated,
including Mum’s the Word (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Thundering Fleas (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Wandering Papas (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Battle of the Century (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Why Girls Love Sailors (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Hal Roach Studios, HRS 4799, UPC 0-14381-47992-8.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-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 DVD case (reissued in standard DVD keepcase), $29.99.
DVD release date: 3 October 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 release.

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
 
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.
Other silent era LAUREL AND HARDY films available on 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 Four (1924-1936)
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)

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