Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy pair made 107 films together between 19 and have inspired countless performers, including actor and comedian Mike McShane. You can read all about the restoration process here. It's the work of archivist Jeff Joseph, the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Library of Congress, which required painstaking reconstructions from elements found in diverse archives. Side-by-side restoration comparison: "Their First Mistake" The series, called "Another Nice Mess: The Restored Laurel and Hardy," screens a dozen shorts and two features, all restored from the original nitrate elements and cleaned digitally. On disc two are You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928/Short), The Finishing Touch (1928), Leave ’em Laughing (1928), That’s My Wife (1929), Liberty (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), Double Whoopee (1929/Talking Version), Angora Love (1929), Big Business (1929), Blotto (1930), Be Big! (1931), Twice Two (1933), The Live Ghost (1934), Tit for Tat (1935) and On the Wrong Trek (1936/Bonus).This weekend, the American Cinematheque is celebrating the masterful restoration of seminal comedy films. On disc one are The Lucky Dog (1921), 45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926), Duck Soup (1927), Duck Soup (1927/French-Dutch title cards), Battle of the Century (1927), Call of the Cuckoo (1927), Slipping Wives (1927), Do Detectives Think (1927), Their Purple Moment (1928), We Faw Down (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), Flying Elephants (1928), You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928/Long), Stolen Jools (1931/Bonus) and Mixed Nuts (1934/Bonus). The set also includes three bonus shorts, two featuring Laurel & Hardy cameos and one from producer Hal Roach. The classic set includes 27 short films from the duo’s formative years (1921-1936) - including some silent films newly restored from the original elements - that capture the performances in which they honed the sight gags and slapstick that propelled them to worldwide fame. The release comes on the heels of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s March 26 digital, Blu-ray and DVD bow of the feature biopic on the duo, Stan & Ollie, starring John C. Laurel & Hardy: One Fine Collection - a DVD collector’s set featuring more than 10 hours on two discs from the iconic comedy duo - will be available April 1 from The Film Detective via manufacture-on-demand service Allied Vaughn.
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