{"product_id":"laurel-hardy-the-silent-years-1929-masters-of-cinema-limited-edition-two-disc-blu-ray-pre-order-20-july-2026","title":"LAUREL \u0026 HARDY: THE SILENT YEARS (1929) (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition Two-disc Blu-ray - PRE-ORDER- 20 - July 2026","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eLaurel \u0026amp; Hardy’s 1929 silent classics arrive on UK Blu-ray in stunning 2K restorations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEureka Entertainment announce the release of LAUREL \u0026amp; HARDY: THE SILENT YEARS (1929), a landmark collection bringing together nine short films, presented in high definition for the first time in the UK. Newly restored in 2K from the finest available materials, this Blu-ray edition will be released on 20 July 2026 as part of The Masters of Cinema Series. Strictly limited to 2,000 copies, the release will feature an exclusive O-card slipcase and collector’s booklet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eTwo of the most talented comedians to ever grace the silver screen,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStan Laurel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOliver Hardy\u003c\/span\u003e\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou’re Darn Tootin’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShould Married Men Go Home?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe Faw Down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e – and prepared themselves for success in the sound era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection brings together the silent Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy shorts produced in 1929, as the boys reached new levels of fame and success: \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecasts Stan and Ollie as fugitives on the run; in \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWrong Again\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the boys try to claim a reward by returning a lost horse to a bewildered millionaire seeking a stolen painting; \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e sees Ollie forced to choose between Stan and his spouse; in \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Business\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the boys go door-to-door selling Christmas trees; in \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Ollie invites Stan over for dinner and attracts the ire of Mrs Hardy; \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e sees the boys take jobs at a fancy hotel; \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerth Marks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e has them cause chaos on a sleeper train; in \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eBacon Grabbers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Stan and Ollie are bailiffs tasked with recovering a radio; and finally, in \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, they try to conceal a goat that has become very, very attached to them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eMasters of Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e Series is honoured to present Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy’s final run of silent shorts, \u003cstrong\u003enewly restored in 2K by Blackhawk Films\u003c\/strong\u003e from the finest available materials, in a special two-disc Blu-ray edition for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLIMITED TWO-DISC BLU-RAY EDITION CONTENTS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Scott Saslow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\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; Hardy collaborator James Finlayson by silent cinema expert Chris Grosvenor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from 2K restorations by Blackhawk Films of \u003ci\u003eLiberty, Wrong Again, That's My Wife, Big Business, Unaccustomed as We Are, Double Whoopee, Berth Marks, Bacon Grabbers \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Angora Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScores by Robert Israel (\u003ci\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Business \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/i\u003e), Neil Brand (\u003ci\u003eBacon Grabbers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWrong Again\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/i\u003e), Andreas Benz (\u003ci\u003eThat’s My Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnaccustomed as We Are \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBerth Marks\u003c\/i\u003e), Maud Nelissen (\u003ci\u003eBig Business\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiberty\u003c\/i\u003e) and Gaylord Carter (\u003ci\u003eBig Business\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentaries on \u003ci\u003eLiberty \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBerth Marks \u003c\/i\u003eby film writer Chris Seguin and Kyp Harness, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy: Graceful Calamity in the Films\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentaries on \u003ci\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Unaccustomed As We Are \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWrong Again \u003c\/i\u003eby film historian and writer David Kalat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentaries on \u003ci\u003eBig Business \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAngora Love \u003c\/i\u003eby silent film accompanist Neil Brand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentaries on \u003ci\u003eThat’s My Wife \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBacon Grabbers \u003c\/i\u003eby Glenn Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Laurel and Hardy Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudio commentaries on \u003ci\u003eAngora Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are\u003c\/i\u003e by Chris Seguin and Patrick Vasey, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand host of \u003ci\u003eThe Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternate musical scores on select shorts including the Robert Youngson score for \u003ci\u003eLiberty\u003c\/i\u003e, newly restored by Stephen Horne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnaccustomed As We Are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealternate sound version\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternate dubbed version of \u003ci\u003eDouble Whoopee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1929 sound shorts \u003ci\u003eThey Go Boom! \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Hoose-Gow\u003c\/i\u003e, with optional audio commentaries by Chris Seguin and Kyp Harness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlorious Disaster \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(49 mins) – new documentary by David Cairns and Fiona Watson\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hollywood Revue of 1929\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (excerpt)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanish Version of \u003ci\u003eBerth Marks \u003c\/i\u003e(fragment)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Tree in a Test Tube \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– 1942 short film featuring Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy, with optional audio commentary by Chris Seguin\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHop to It! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– 1925 silent short featuring Oliver Hardy, with optional audio commentary by David Kalat\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Silent to Radio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– archive of Laurel \u0026amp; Hardy audio appearances including “The Wedding Night” (1943), “Mr Slater’s Poultry Market” (1944) and an advert for the National War Disabled Association (1947)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrazy Heights \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– Alternate Super 8 version of \u003ci\u003eLiberty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuper 8 versions of \u003ci\u003eBig Business\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDouble Whoopee,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngora Love \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Hoose-Gow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16mm silent version of \u003ci\u003eUnaccustomed as We Are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewsreel footage of Laurel \u0026amp; 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