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• Laurel & Hardy - The Collection (21-disc Box Set) | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £68.95   |  Saving you £-33.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.00

  The ultimate collection for fans of Laurel and Hardy: 21 discs of classic comedy! Content comprises: 1. A Chump At Oxford / Related Shorts 2. Classic Shorts / Someone's Ailing 3. Way Out West / Shorts 4. Classic Shorts / Ollie And Matrimony 5. Our Relations / Dual Roles Shorts 6. Classic Shorts / Murder In The Air 7. Blockheads / Themed Shorts 8. Classic Shorts / Blackmail 9. The Bohemian Girl / Related Shorts 10. Classic Shorts / Be Big / Laughing Gravy 11. Saps At Sea / Themed Shor

• The Golden Age of Comedy | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  BUSTER KEATON - CONVICT B - 1920
  While playing golf, Buster is knocked unconscious by a flying ball and an escaped convict changes clothes with him. Buster subsequently ends up in prison where he learns that he is to be charged.
  BUSTER KEATON - DAYDREAMS - 1922
  Buster goes to the city to prove to his girl's father that he can succeed. He writes her of his various jobs which she glorifies in her imagination. She sees a surgeon, a vet's assistant and she sees him cleaning up on Wall...

• The Very Best Of Laurel & Hardy: 5-Film Collection (BD) | Blu Ray | (10/12/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into! Enter Laurel & Hardy's unique world of emblematic bowler hats and highly visual slapstick with this special compilation boxset of the very best Laurel & Hardy feature-length films. With Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy, the misadventures of the most recognizable comedy double act, whose charm and on screen chemistry set a new standard, are perfectly captured here in high definition for the first time. Includes Block-Heads, Our Relations, Pardon Us, Sons of the Desert and Way Out West. Includes bonus: Another Fine Mess, Busy Bodies & Towed In A Hole

• Laurel & Hardy Volume 13 - Sons of the Desert/Related Shorts | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £5.06   |  Saving you £0.93 (18.38%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Sons Of The Desert (b/w) Sons Of The Desert (colourised) We Faw Down Their Purple Moment On The Wrong Trek In 'Sons Of The Desert' Stan and Ollie attend the Chicago convention of their lodge but tell their wives they are going on an ocean voyage for the sake of Ollie's health - then discover that the ship has sunk! The silent short 'We Faw Down' anticipates this story with Stan and Ollie claiming to have attended a stage show - unaware that the theatre has burned down. In 'Their Purple Moment' Stan and Ollie go out for an evening without their wives only to discover that their money has been replaced with useless coupons. 'Sons Of The Desert' includes a guest contribution from fellow-Roach comedian Charley Chase; 'On the Wrong Trek' sees L&H returning the compliment in one of Chase's own films.

• Laurel And Hardy - Classic Comedy Shorts - Vol. 6 | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-1.64 (-6.80%)   |  RRP £23.99

  More classic comedy shorts from Stan and Ollie. Includes: Should Tall Men Marry? Scorching Sands Wandering Papas Mum's The Word and Mighty Like A Mouse.

• Laurel & Hardy - Sons of the Desert | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Stan and Ollie convince their wives of their need for a long sea cruise without them to recouperate from illness. But when their wives attend the cinema in their absence and see them on ship on camera their homecoming proves to be quite an affair.

• Laurel And Hardy Super Box Set | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring fifteen comedy classics: 'The Home Wrecker' 'Four Wheeled Terror' 'Roughest Africa' 'Crazy To Act' 'The Paper Hanger's Helper' 'Lucky Dog' 'Oranges And Lemons' 'Yes Yes Nanette' 'West Of Hot Dog' 'Enough To Do' 'Hop To It Bell Hop' 'Along Came Auntie' 'On The Front Page' 'Bromeo And Juliet' and 'This Is Your Life'. Please Note: Not all films contained in this box set stars Stan and Ollie together. These are very rare 1920's releases of both of their work before they became the legendary team that they would later become. Most if these shorts were made pre-1925 on very small budgets hence the struggling sound/screen quality.

• Comedy Greats | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A "two-plus-one" package from Siren, Comedy Greats features classics from the two greatest silent-screen comics, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, plus a rather dreary effort from Danny Kaye. Never the most scintillating of comedians, Kaye's personable talents are thinly spread in 1949's The Inspector General. Distantly(!) based on a short story by Russian satirist Nikolay Gogol, this tale of mistaken identity enables Kaye to indulge in obvious wisecracks and not-so-smart dialogue. Sylvia Fine's songs are mildly amusing, and Henry Koster draws capable support from Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, but it's a long haul. When he made Tilli's Punctured Romance in 1914, Charles Chaplin had yet to perfect the "little man" routine which made him the most popular 1920s screen star. His loveable rogue is well displayed opposite Marie Dressler's formidable country maid, whose unexpected windfall becomes the real object of his desire. Mabel Normand contributes an attractively period chic, and if, in the hands of Mack Sennett, the humour tends to fall back on music-hall slapstick, the historical significance of the film is undoubted. Yet it's Buster Keaton's 1928 classic Steamboat Bill Jr which comes out on top here. Keaton is perfectly cast as the put upon student, whose bravery saves both his father and his steamboat-owning rival, and wins the hand of the latter's daughter. Solid support comes from Ernest Torrence and the winsome Marion Byron, with Charles Riesner getting maximum drama from the cyclone sequence, but it's Keaton's soulful expression and breathtaking stuntwork which are the most potent reminders of a talent only later to receive its due. On the DVD: Comedy Greats is acceptably remastered, with 1.33:1 aspect ratio and 12 chapter headings per film, and decently packaged, this is worth acquiring--even though Keaton's film is the only one you're likely return to often. --Richard Whitehouse

• Lost Films of Laurel & Hardy: The Complete Collection, Vol. 4 | DVD | (04/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.16

• Laurel & Hardy and Friends (Featuring "Our Gang") | DVD | (23/03/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.16