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The Stan Laurel Collection
Volume 2
(1918-1926)
on

Contents: Huns and Hyphens (1918), Just Rambling Along (1918), Frauds and Frenzies (1918), Do You Love Your Wife? (1919), Hustling for Health (1919), The Egg (1922), Mud and Sand (1922), The Noon Whistle (1923), White Wings (1923), Under Two Jags (1923), Pick and Shovel (1923), Kill or Cure (1923), Short Orders (1923), A Man About Town (1923), Smithy (1924), Rupert of Hee Haw (1924), Mandarin Mix-Up (1924), Detained (1924), Somewhere in Wrong (1925), Pie-Eyed (1925), Get ’em Young (1926).

2008 Kino International edition

The Stan Laurel Collection, Volume 2 (1918-1926), black & white, 355 minutes total, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, double keep case, $29.95.
DVD release date: 3 June 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This collection of 21 short Stan Laurel comedies, made before his successful teaming with Oliver Hardy, features the best available editions of films that are plentiful in myriad cheap discs. The disc was produced with the assistance of Lobster Films France, and should feature transfers from the best-available prints, both 35mm and 16mm reduction prints. Featuring music performed by Neil Brand.

 
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD is also available directly from Kino International.
Other silent era Stan Laurel films available on DVD home video:
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925) with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Oranges and Lemons (1923) in the Slapstick Encyclopedia collection
The Stan Laurel Collection (1923-1925)

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)
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 (1922-1926)
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 Comedies, Number 2 (1915)
Keystone Films, Volume 1 (1915-1916)
Keystone Kops Festival / Buster Keaton Festival (1913-1922)
Krazy Keystone Komedies (1914-1915)
Larry Semon, An Underrated Genius, Volumes 1 and 2 (1917-1927)
Larry Semon, Volume 1 (1918-1927)
Larry Semon, Volume 2 (1917-1925)
Laugh with Max Linder (1908-1921)
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)
The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Volume Nine (1926-1928)
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)

 
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