{"product_id":"laurel-and-hardy-the-silent-years-1929-limited-edition-blu-ray-eureka-region-b","title":"Laurel and Hardy - The Silent Years (1929) Limited Edition Blu-Ray with Slipcover + Booklet (Eureka\/Region B) [Preorder]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder scheduled for release on July 20, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eTwo of the most talented comedians to ever grace the silver screen,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStan Laurel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOliver Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad firmly established their enduring partnership by the time the age of talking pictures loomed at the end of the 1920s. As they made their final silent shorts together in 1929, they continued to build upon the double act forged in earlier films such as \u003cem\u003eYou’re Darn Tootin’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShould Married Men Go Home?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Faw Down\u003c\/em\u003e – and prepared themselves for success in the sound era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis collection brings together the silent Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy shorts produced in 1929, as the boys reached new levels of fame and success: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecasts Stan and Ollie as fugitives on the run; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrong Again\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the boys try to claim a reward by returning a lost horse to a bewildered millionaire seeking a stolen painting; \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e sees Ollie forced to choose between Stan and his spouse; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Business\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the boys go door-to-door selling Christmas trees; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ollie invites Stan over for dinner and attracts the ire of Mrs Hardy; \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e sees the boys take jobs at a fancy hotel; \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerth Marks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has them cause chaos on a sleeper train; in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBacon Grabbers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stan and Ollie are bailiffs tasked with recovering a radio; and finally, in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, they try to conceal a goat that has become very, very attached to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMasters of Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSeries is honoured to present Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy’s final run of silent shorts,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enewly restored in 2K by Blackhawk Films\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom the finest available materials, in a special two-disc Blu-ray edition for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe set contains the following shorts:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberty\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrong Again\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Business\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Silent Version),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerth Marks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Silent Version),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBacon Grabbers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Silent Version)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-sku=\"EKA70631\" data-display=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Scott Saslow [2000 copies]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited edition collector’s booklet featuring newly written notes on each film by writer and comedian Paul Merton and a new essay on frequent Laurel \u0026amp; 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