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Zeb vs. Paprika
(1924)
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This short comedy, directed by Ralph Ceder, stars Stan Laurel and Ena Gregory, with James Finlayson, George Rowe, Eddie Baker, Jack Ackroyd, Mildred Booth, Sammy Brooks, Dick Gilbert, William Gillespie, Helen Gilmore, Charlie Hall, Earl Mohan and Noah Young.
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 Flicker Alley
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition
Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1914-1926), black & white, 590 minutes total, not rated, including Zeb vs. Paprika (1924), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0073, UPC 6-17311-68739-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (two BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 864 Mbps average audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 2 chapter stops; 32-page insert booklet; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 29 January 2021.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from 2K high definition scans of archival film elements.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Neil Brand.
Supplemental material includes an image gallery featuring photographs from the Library of Congress collections; and a 32-page insert booklet with film notes from film historian Rob Stone, as well as notes on the restorations from Lobster Film’s Serge Bromberg.
This is our recommended home video edition of this film.
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Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Kino on Video
2004 DVD edition
The Stan Laurel Collection (1923-1925), black & white, 357 minutes total, not rated, including Zeb vs. Paprika (1924), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K365, UPC 0-38329-03652-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 3 August 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of seventeen 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, Paris, and should feature transfers from the best-available prints, both 35mm and 16mm reduction prints.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era STAN LAUREL films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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