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Hi L&H Fans. I just wanted to let everyone know that my SONS OF THE DESERT tent "THE MIDNIGHT PAROL" now has their own Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/MidnightPatrolTent/ Now everyone can find out about our upcoming Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, and Charley Chase show events in the San...

I wanted to get the Arbuckle / Keaton shorts on Blu-ray, so I broke down and purchased this new release. My review is up on Amazon.com. ONE WEEK and COPS are the only transfers I feel are less than the first Blu-ray. Image stabilization is a big improvement. Rock steady images...

I doubt it, Apparently NewVideo got the rights 3 years ago and nobody knew it. I found out while researching why the Vivendi Little Rascals single DVDs were going out of print. The box set is still in print.

I wanted to let everyone know that Vivendi Home Video shut down and sold their licenses to Cinedigm who is calling their Home Video division NewVideo. Here is their webpage: http://www.newvideo.com/sonar-entertainment/laurel-hardy-the-essential-collection/ Sonar still owns the the video &...

We were fortunate that Warner Brothers owned the rights to "HELLO POP", they financed the restoration and wanted to get their money back by selling it on DVD through their "Warner Archive" division. David Shepard informs me that Corinth loses their 10 year contract for the silent Laurel &...

Hi Tony, We screened THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY surviving reel 1 along with the newly found reel 2 a few weeks ago. To be honest, I see Nitrate wear & deterioration near the end of the surviving reel 1, so I still believe the Eugene Pallette footage is lost due to Nitrate deterioration.

I posted info about this on another thread. Unfortunately unless something changes, there is LITTLE hope of reel two of BATTLE OF THE CENTURY getting released on DVD. 1) Lobster Films may be doing the new 35mm restoration work, but they have NO home video rights to the silent Laurel & Hardy...

FotoKem is still making 16mm, 35mm & 70mm film prints. http://fotokem.com/services/film_laboratory.php We use them to make new 35mm prints for our archive. They can even convert 28mm master films to 35mm. While the film lab that Blackhawk Films used shut down years ago, David could make new...

Hi Tony, What is even more puzzling is that David Shepard wanted to buy the silent Laurel & Hardy's from the Feiner Family but Corinth Films made a higher offer. As far as I know this was not a package purchase, I don't believe the Feiners owned any other films. So Corinth specifically...

This past weekend we ran the 16mm U.S. premier of THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY. We ran Blackhawk's reel 1 up to the second freeze frame of Eugene Pallette selling L&H the insurance, then we switched to the newly found 16mm print of reel 2. Over-all nothing really new is added, the scenes just...

Sadly the dispute between the DVD producer and the distributor has forced the producer to hand over all work and rights to this project to the distributor. All that has been done was a brief airing on the TCM network. Restoration was not fully completed, and a horrible generic guitar music...

Jon informed me that reel 2 starts at the fade-up of Laurel & Hardy walking down the street. The film has all original leaders and "start reel two" notice as well as complete end titles. The thing that gets me is that this film has been stored just across the bay from me for decades and I...

Tony, I would be curious to know if the "German Dub" version also has German titles & lettering within the film.

Network On Air has supplied some frame shots.

Network On Air chose a sequence that looks particularly bad on the VCI Blu-ray, there may have been some strategy there.

Tony Bensley just sent me this YouTube link for the wonderful NETWORK Blu-ray release which seems to outshine the VCI release.

Hi all, Tony Bensley just sent me this YouTube link that shows the wonderful NETWORK Blu-ray release of FLYING DEUCES. It seems to outshine VCI's.

I saw the premier of the 4K-TVs at our SONY store here a few years ago. You could stand right up to it and not see the pixels. Then last year Sony demonstrated their standard Blu-ray player that upconverts the BD discs to 4-K. The same BD disc was played out on a 1080p TV side by side with...

It was supposed to be filed under "BD/DVD Press Releases". I'm not sure why it is under Blu-ray, or how to move it.

I wish Paul Howard got Sony behind this. This is a small indie production financed by Kickstarter. They raised the money back in September 2013 and started production. Paul Howard really doesn't provide any new information to Stooge fans, it is mostly like reading Moe's book. The value is...

I am currently reviewing the new Three Stooges 6-part documentary produced by Moe's son Paul Howard. "The Three Stooges Mini-series: Hello Moe! Hello Dad!" This new nine hour collectible DVD set packed with never-seen-before footage and photos of The Three Stooges performing and from their...

I am currently reviewing the new Three Stooges 6-part documentary produced by Moe's son Paul Howard. "The Three Stooges Mini-series: Hello Moe! Hello Dad!" I have started a separate topic for this...

Hi all, I'm the one with the VCI preview disc. Two things I would say about the DVD Beaver review: 1) I agree with them that it is not Blu-ray sharp, and the gray-tones are not all there. But it is a huge step above all other releases. 2) DVD Beaver doesn't like any Blu-rays from VCI...

Gary Tooze's main objection to anything from VCI is they use the old MPEG2 encoding (as opposed to AVC), which is not ideal for the sharpest Blu-ray releases. Network does not give any official encoding information other than region ABC on their site, but other sites claim it will be AVC (but...

That "region B release" is from NETWORK ON AIR, their website indicates it will be region A,B,C. But when I e-mailed them they gave me a reply stating that the release will be PAL and I would be unable to play it in the U.S. Imagine that, they think Blu-ray has PAL format. I got no further...

I forgot to mention that VCI's master 35mm film is in PRISTINE condition! It is nice to know that the original RKO elements have survived and can now be seen again. Jeff Joseph of Sabucat Productions produced this release for VCI.

I have an advanced Blu-ray check disc of the VCI FLYING DEUCES. I am in the process of reviewing it. 1) It is nothing like the Legend release. a) TRT is 108:54 b) It has the original RKO beeping tower logo and titles, as well as end credits never on U.S. DVD before. It is mastered...

"Scent of Mystery went out on a flat screen or two under that title but Holiday In Spain only went out to curved screen Cinerama theaters so that is the only version we have. Scent of Mystery version no longer exists in any form and the soundtrack print master is lost as well." Hi Strohmaier, I...

Yet more footage found. Blu-rays are NOT window-boxed. Razor Sharp images go from top to bottom. By Paul J. Mular TOP 500 REVIEWER on September 24, 2014 If you already own the 90th Anniversary DVD set and are wondering if it is worth the upgrade to this edition, IT IS! Each film has upgrades...

Yet more footage found. Blu-rays are NOT window-boxed. Razor Sharp images go from top to bottom. By Paul J. Mular TOP 500 REVIEWER on September 24, 2014 If you already own the 90th Anniversary DVD set and are wondering if it is worth the upgrade to this edition, IT IS! Each film has upgrades...