laurel and hardy collectors edition 21 dvd

While these films are silent, you will discover by them just how visual artistry alone has the power to delight.

This is from the source (Hal Roach Studios), and it truly does bring back great films that, by their nature as short silents, could not easily have been separately marketed and have not therefore been otherwise accessible now for decades. Do not be misled by the unfortunate title of 'lost films' - this is not a knock-off series (it is planned as an omnium gatherum of their films) nor is it 'small town' in the sense of being simpleton comedy nor is it mere nostalgia (though it is a great throw-back to the past) nor is it a poor-quality series such as the many L&H offerings that have plagued the VHS market. These L&H films capture that sense of delight perfectly, because they have brought back the best available prints in DVD format of the whole range of 15-20 minute shorts that so captured the nation's fancy on a mass scale 70 years ago. People in small towns could scarcely wait for the next L&H film short, much as a child can't wait for his favorite uncle to pay him a day visit and then utterly delight in the magic of the time spent with that uncle. 'Laurel and Hardy were giants of the cinema in their day not only because of their immense talent but also because of the more leisurely paced times of the late 1920s and the 1930s.

Laurel and hardy collectors edition 21 dvd