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• LAUREL & HARDY: THE SILENT YEARS (1927) 15 Silent Shorts with Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Two-disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (26/08/2024) from £28.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fifteen silent shorts featuring the most influential and celebrated comedy duo of all time Eureka Entertainment to release LAUREL & HARDY: THE SILENT YEARS (1927), fifteen silent shorts featuring Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy. Presented on Blu-ray from restorations sourced from the best available materials. Available from 19 August 2024 as part of The Masters of Cinema Series, the first print run of 2000 copies only will exclusively feature an O-card slipcase. Standing tall alongside Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin as pioneers of cinematic comedy, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are two of the most beloved comedians in the history of moving pictures. Having acted alongside each other for the first time in 1921, they officially teamed up later in the decade in a series of shorts made for producer Hal Roach - launching a wildly successful partnership that would survive into the sound era and last for another quarter of a century. This collection captures the duo's earliest (mis)adventures on screen, chronicling their journey from their first films together - The Lucky Dog and the aptly titled 45 Minutes to Hollywood - to the dawn of their official partnership in thirteen shorts produced throughout 1927. From Duck Soup and Sailors Beware! to Do Detectives Think?, Putting Pants on Philip and The Battle of the Century (once available only in incomplete versions until its missing scenes were rediscovered in 2015), these films show the development of two independent comedians into the most influential and celebrated comedy duo of all time. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the early works of Laurel & Hardy - painstakingly restored from the best available materials held by collectors and archives around the globe - in a special two-disc Blu-ray edition for the first time in the UK. The set contains the following shorts: Lucky Dog, 45 Minutes from Hollywood, Duck Soup, Slipping Wives, Love 'em and Weep, Why Girls Love Sailors, With Love and Hisses, Sailors, Beware!, Do Detectives Think?, Flying Elephants, Sugar Daddies, The Second 100 Years, Call of the Cuckoo, Putting Pants on Philip, and The Battle of the Century. Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Scott Saslow | 1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from new 2K restorations | Scores by a variety of silent film composers including Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Eric le Guen and Donald Sosin | Alternate scores on select shorts | Audio commentary tracks on all films | New interviews with silent film experts | Image galleries | Archival recordings and interviews | PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring newly written notes on each film by writer and comedian Paul Merton, and a new essay by silent cinema expert Imogen Sara Smith * All extras subject to change

• American Horror Project Vol. 2 Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (24/06/2019) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Continuing its mission to unearth the very best in weird and wonderful horror obscura from the golden age of US independent genre moviemaking, Arrow Video is proud to present the long-awaited second volume in its American Horror Project series co-curated by author Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents). Starting off with a little-seen 1970 offering from underrated cult auteur John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Garden of the Dead), Dream No Evil is a haunting, moving tale of a young woman's desperate quest to be reunited with her long-lost father only to find herself drawn into a fantasyland of homicidal madness. Meanwhile, 1976's Dark August stars Academy Award-winner Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire) in a story of a man pursued by a terrifying and deadly curse in the wake of a hit-and-run accident. Lastly, 1977's Harry Novak-produced The Child is a gloriously delirious slice of horror mayhem in which a young girl raises an army of the dead against the people she holds responsible for her mother's death. With all three films having been newly remastered from the best surviving film elements and appearing here for the first time ever on Blu-ray, alongside a wealth of supplementary material, American Horror Project Volume Two offers up yet another fascinating and blood-chilling foray into the deepest, darkest corners of stars-and-stripes terror. Limited Edition Contents: Brand new 2K restorations from original film elements High Definition Blu-ray presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil American Horror Project Journal Vol. II limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new writing on the films by Stephen R. Bissette, Travis Crawford and Amanda Reyes Dream No Evil: Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower Brand new audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan Hollywood After Dark: The Early Films of John Hayes, 1959-1971 brand new video essay by Stephen Thrower looking at Hayes' filmography leading up to Dream No Evil Writer Chris Poggiali on the prodigious career of celebrated character actor Edmond O'Brien Excerpts from an audio interview with actress Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls) discussing her many cinematic collaborations with director John Hayes Dark August: Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower Brand new audio commentary with writer-director Martin Goldman Brand new on-camera interview with Martin Goldman Brand new on-camera interview with producer Marianne Kanter The Hills Are Alive: Dark August and Vermont Folk Horror author and artist Stephen R. Bissette on Dark August and its context within the wider realm of genre filmmaking out of Vermont Original Press Book The Child: 1.37:1 and 1.85:1 presentations of the feature Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower Brand new audio commentary with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian, moderated by Stephen Thrower Brand new on-camera interviews with Robert Voskanian and Robert Dadashian Original Theatrical Trailer Original Press Book

• Laurel & Hardy Volume 14 - A Job To Do/Classic Shorts | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Busy Bodies (b/w) Busy Bodies (colourised) Double Whoopee (b/w silent with musical score) Dirty Work (b/w) Dirty Work (colourised) The Finishing Touch The Music Box (b/w) The Music Box (colourised) Hog Wild (b/w) Hog Wild (colourised) Hats Off (stills gallery) A collection of classic shorts all of which present Stan and Ollie with a task to perform. 'Busy Bodies' is the famous film where Stan and Ollie work in a sawmill. In 'Double Whoopee' they start work at a plush Broadway hotel - and close a taxi door on Jean Harlow's dress! 'Hog Wild' concerns their efforts to fit a rooftop aerial. In 'Dirty Work' they are back on the roof this time as chimney sweeps at the home of an eccentric scientist. Stan and Ollie are in the building trade for 'The Finishing Touch' while in 'The Music Box' - perhaps their most famous film - they have to deliver a piano up a huge flight of steps. 'The Music Box' was inspired by one of their earliest comedies as a team 'Hats Off'. Sadly no copy of the film is known to survive but this DVD includes a selection of stills from this long-lost classic.

• Laurel & Hardy Volume 16 - Maritime Adventures/Classic Shorts | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £7.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: The Live Ghost (b/w) Sailors Beware (b/w silent with musical score and sound effects) Two Tars (b/w silent with musical score and sound effects) Men O'War (b/w) Men O'War (colourised) Any Old Port Why Girls Love Sailors (b/w silent with musical score) Towed In A Hole (b/w) Towed In A Hole (colourised) A collection of classic shorts based around the maritime adventures of Stan and Ollie. In 'The Live Ghost' they help round up a reluctant crew for a 'ghost ship' - and are shanghaied themselves! Taxi driver Stan is similarly aboard ship against his will in 'Sailors Beware!' The classic 'Two Tars' is the famous film in which Stan and Ollie as sailors on shore leave become involved in a massive traffic jam. They are again sailors on leave in 'Men O'War' with hostilities taking place this time on a boating lake. 'Any Old Port!' sees Stan and Ollie arriving in port from a whaling voyage to find their assistance required by a damsel in distress. Another imperilled damsel is Stan's girlfriend in the early pre-teaming L&H comedy 'Why Girls Love Sailors'. One of the best-loved L&H shorts 'Towed In A Hole' is that in which they buy a boat - and fill it with water to detect the leaks!

• The L-Word | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (48.22%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Same sex. Different city. Set in the chic world of Los Angeles this humor laced dramatic series explores the lives of a group of lesbians their friends family and neighbours. The series takes a smart sexy and fun look at the hopes dreams and lives of these individuals as they deal with things like career struggles relationship issues and the pressures of trying to start a family. The stellar cast features Pam Grier (Jackie Brown Foxy Brown) Jennifer Beals (Flashda

• 3 Classic Comedies Of The Silver Screen - The Flying Deuces / Africa Screams / Abbot And Costello Show | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Laurel And Hardy - Flying Deuces: Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion so Ollie can forget an unhappy romance. Once in though the pay is so bad that they are soon trying to desert but are caught and condemned to death. They manage to escape and hide in a plane until the coast is clear whereupon they attempt to fly off with hilarious results. Abbott And Costello - Africa Screams: Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them

• 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

• The L Word - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £14.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (166.78%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The L Word Season 4 picks up with the women wrestling with issues close to their hearts. As with previous seasons old demons rear their ugly heads and a host of new characters are brought into their fold offering them access to a broader community with diverse issues. The L Word stars Jennifer Beals Leisha Hailey Laurel Holloman Mia Kirshner Katherine Moennig Dallas Roberts Daniela Sea Rachel Shelley and Pam Grier. Newest additions to the cast include Cybill Shepherd Marlee Matlin Janina Gavankar and Rose Rollins. Special guest stars are Rosanna Arquette Eric Roberts Bruce Davison Kristanna Loken and Jane Lynch. This season the war in Iraq becomes an integral part of Alice's (Hailey) life as she struggles to move on after the death of Dana; Helena (Shelley) tries to find financial independence and come to terms with leaving behind a world of privilege; Phyllis Kroll (Shepherd) - who takes the courageous plunge late in life to come out of the closet - risking everything that has defined her life up to now; and Bette (Beals) has to deal with Jodi Lerner (Matlin) a woman who confronts her head-on about her Type-A personality.

• Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents | Blu Ray | (01/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Laurel And Hardy: Collection | DVD | (16/07/2018) from £13.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (11.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  March of the Wooden Soldiers: The film s story takes place in Toyland which is inhabited by Mother Goose and other well known fairy tale characters. Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee (played by Laurel and Hardy) live in a shoe which is owned by the villainous Silas Barnaby who is looking to marry Bo Peep. Our heroes try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on the shoe and to keep Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stannie Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland. Stan and Ollie run and hide in the toy shop where they discover a box of darts to battle the Bogeymen. They empty the darts into a cannon but decide instead to unleash the toy soldiers on their enemy. Utopia: Heading for a newly inherited island, the boys are shipwrecked and marooned on an atoll which has just emerged from the sea. Along with their cook, a stowaway and a girl who is fleeing her fiancé, they set up their own government on the atoll. All goes well until the singer s fiancee arrives to reveal that the new island is rich with uranium deposits. People from all over the world flock to the island, but soon the situation turns chaotic when a revolt seeks to overthrow and execute the island s original inhabitants. Before the execution, however, another storm strikes and submerges the island. Laurel and Hardy are rescued and finally arrive at the island Laurel inherited, only to have their land and supplies impounded for failure to pay back taxes! Flying Deuces: Stan and Ollie are holidaying in Paris. Ollie intends to remain in France to marry Georgette (Jean Parker), the innkeeper s daughter, but is heartbroken when he finds that she s fallen in love with and has married dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois (Reginald Gardiner). Ollie decides instead to jump into the Seine, along with Stan, but they are talked out of it by François who suggests they join the Legion. When they try to leave after Ollie has recovered from being jilted they are charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane but crash after a wild ride. Only Stan survives - but an earlier musing on reincarnation produces a bizarre postscript. Hustling for Health: Our down at heel hero Stan is befriended by a stranger at a train depot and brought back to the family home where his wife is having a suffragette meeting. None too pleased they cause mayhem dragging the neighbours into the argument as Stan throws rubbish into their award winning garden. Stan falls foul of them again when he steals their food to give to his new friends and is finally left outside in the yard mooning over the neighbours daughter in a downpour. One Too Many: This zippy and fun short from 1916 - the time when Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle were the big names in comedy - features the young Oliver Hardy as a ne er-do-well who has to quickly impress his wealthy uncle by producing a wife and baby for his visit. Of course this does not go smoothly and soon there are rather more wives and babies than he can cope with; plus the mandatory chases and misunderstandings that are the hallmark of early movie slapstick. The Lucky Dog: The Lucky Dog is the first film to include both Laurel & Hardy although they play independently of each other and not as the famous duo they would later become. Stan plays the hapless hero, who after being thrown out onto the street for not paying his rent, is befriended by a stray dog.

• Laurel Aitken And Friends - Live At Club Ska | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-5.89 (-45.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first ever DVD to feature one of the all time greats of Ska music - The Godfather Of Ska - Laurel Aitken.Laurel Aitken was Jamaica's first real recording star. He was a pioneer in many other respects as well: he was one of the first artists ever to release a ska record the first to work at promoting his music in the U.K. and one of the first to record for the seminal Island label. Aitken recorded numerous hits for a variety of labels over the years enjoying his heyday during th

• The L Word - Season 5 - Complete | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £29.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (34.24%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Five times the Love! Lust! Laughs! Longing! The Complete Fifth Season of The L Word the critically acclaimed groundbreaking Showtime drama arrives on DVD. Unresolved romances and a long-simmering film project finally bear fruit in this season's 12 episodes. Dreams come true and new life paths are forged for many of the series' characters but not without The L Word's trademark provocative storylines sizzling sexuality and heart-rending emotion.

• The L-Word - Season 3 | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £26.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (48.22%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The third season of the hit show The L Word follows a group of friends - both gay and straight - through stories of career family inner struggle friendship and romantic relationships. Episodes Comprise: Labia Majora Lost Weekend Lobsters Light My Fire Lifeline Lonestar Latecomer Lead Follow or Get Out of the Way Losing the Light Last Dance Left Hand of the Goddess

• Laurel & Hardy Volume 4 - Ollie and Matrimony/Classic Shorts | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Beau Hunks (b/w) Beau Hunks (colourised) Our Wife (b/w) Our Wife (colourised) Helpmates (b/w) Helpmates (colourised) Me And My Pal (b/w) Me And My Pal (colourised) A collection of classic Laurel & Hardy shorts based on the misadventures of Oliver Hardy before during after or instead of getting married! In 'Beau Hunks' a failed romance prompts Ollie to join the Foreign Legion taking Stan with him. 'Our Wife' centres around his attempts to elope with his beloved Dulcy with assistance from Stan as the Best Man. 'Helpmates' one of the team's best short comedies sees Stan and Ollie trying to clean up the residue of a wild party before the return of Mrs. Hardy while in 'Me And My Pal' Ollie's wedding day is disrupted when Stan arrives with a jigsaw puzzle.

• Laurel & Hardy: The Slapstick 3 Film Collection | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £4.50   |  Saving you £5.49 (122.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  3 classic Laurel & Hardy films from the Fox vaults, featuring The Bullfighters, The Dancing Masters and A-Haunting We Will Go.

• Tumbleweeds | DVD | (16/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A vibrant, free-spirited Southern woman and her bright, engaging 12 year-old daughter find themselves on a journey of self-discovery in Gavin O'Connor's Tumbleweeds.

• Bonnie Scotland (Laurel & Hardy) | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £13.49   |  Saving you £-0.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.

• 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 Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £4.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Hustling For Health (1919): Stan's holiday plans go awry when he misses his train and accepts an invitation to stay with a complete stranger. The Paper Hanger's Helper (1920): The paper hanger (Oliver Hardy) and his assistant answer an urgent call from a mental hospital. A Lucky Dog (1921): The very first pairing of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on screen with Oliver playing a crook who tries to rob Stan. The Soilers (1923): A parody of The Spoilers (a major hit the same ye

• Laurel And Hardy - March Of The Wooden Soldiers | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The most lavish feature built around Laurel and Hardy, 1934's March of the Wooden Soldiers is also the most bizarre. Opening unpromisingly with one of several mawkish numbers derived from Victor Herbert's musical Babes in Toyland, the antics of toyshop labourers Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are worked into a scenario midway between Lewis Carroll and The Brothers Grimm. Nursery-rhyme characters come and go in a surreal fantasy, with the evil Mr Barnaby threatening to evict Widow Peep from her shoe unless he receives her daughter Bo in marriage. The movie culminates in a full-scale invasion of Toyland by the yeti-ish Bogeymen and their defeat by the 100 six-foot wooden soldiers that Stan and Ollie have built by mistake. Henry Brandon gives a characterful performance, while 1930s child star Charlotte Henry is an appealing heroine. Directors Gus Meins and Charles R Rogers milk the slapstick to an increasingly unnerving degree. Reputedly Hardy's favourite among the double act's features, March of the Wooden Soldiers emerges now as their most audacious screen appearance. On the DVD: March of the Wooden Soldiers on disc reproduces the original black and white print in 4:3 ratio with pristine clarity; the mono soundtrack has similarly worn well. The potted biographies of Laurel and Hardy are too brief to be worthwhile, but the inclusion of the 1915 short Hustling for Health--among the earliest of Stan Laurel's film appearances--is a valuable bonus. --Richard Whitehouse