Rob_Ray
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More information, including specifics on the contents, courtesy of Randy Skretvedt:
Here are the contents of the DVD edition of LAUREL & HARDY: THE DEFINITIVE RESTORATIONS. The official release date is June 16, 2020 (the 130th anniversary of Stan Laurel’s birth); pre-order will be available on Amazon in May.
All of the material on the six disc DVD edition is included in the four disc Blu-ray version, in different configurations. These will be region-free.
Presented by Kit Parker Films, The Sprocket Vault and Cinedigm.
All films -- including the interview films, the trailers and the audio interviews -- have optional English subtitles. The theatrical films (including The Tree in a Test Tube and That’s That) have optional commentaries by Richard W. Bann (for The Battle of the Century and The Music Box) and by Randy Skretvedt (all others).
Film preservation by Richard W. Bann, The UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Library of Congress
Digital restorations produced by Jeff Joseph/SabuCat and performed by Thad Komorowski/Cineaste Restoration. A.R.T. by Point 360. Final Conforming and Clean Up by The Finishing Touch.
Laboratory Services: The Stanford Theatre Film Laboratory, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, DJ Audio, Inc., Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., FotoKem, Pacific Title & Art Studio, Film & Video Transfers, Chace Audio, YCM Laboratories, The Cinemalab.
Funding provided by Laurel & Hardy Preservation Fund, Sons of the Desert Tents, Jeff Joseph/SabuCat, The George Lucas Family Foundation, The Film Foundation, The Packard Humanities Institute, Friends and Family of Ron Isroelit, The Stanford Theatre Foundation, The Winklevoss Foundation, The Carl David Memorial Fund for Film Preservation, Turner Classic Movies, Tom Luddy, Gary Meyer, Julie Huntsinger.
Special thanks to Richard W. Bann, Ray Faiola, David Gerstein, Jon C. Mirsalis, Sonar Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Archives, Michael J. Sheridan, Lou Sabini, Ralph Celentano, Les Perkins, Gary Lacher, Steve Slocum, Mike Mashon/The Library of Congress, RHI Entertainment LLC, The Museum of Modern Art, Katie Trainor, The British Film Institute, Nigel Algar, Katrina Stokes.
Disc 1
Feature:
Sons of the Desert, preserved by UCLA Film and Television Archive
Short:
The Battle of the Century, presented nearly complete with original amber tint and a new score by Donald Sosin.
Photo Galleries:
Sons of the Desert Publicity Portraits • Scene Stills • Deleted and Candids • Posters and Publicity • Early Script • Dialogue Continuity • Contracts and Documents
Battle of the Century (including Press Sheet and publicity material)
Early Career: Stan
Early Career: Babe
Anita Garvin Interview film from October 1981 (in color)
Sons of the Desert trailer (in Spanish)
Disc 2
Shorts:
Berth Marks, with original 1929 soundtrack and 1936 reissue soundtrack
Brats, with original 1930 soundtrack and 1937 reissue soundtrack
Hog Wild (from full aperture 1:33 source)
Photo Galleries for Berth Marks, Brats, and Hog Wild including production stills, press sheet articles, music cue sheets, poster and lobby card art.
Audio Interview excerpts from Randy Skretvedt (accompanied with photo galleries):
Billy Bletcher, actor
Joe Rock, producer
Hal Roach, producer
Anita Garvin Stanley, actress
George Marshall, director
Roy Seawright, special effects designer
Venice Lloyd, widow of cameraman Art Lloyd
Richard Currier, film editor
Bert Jordan, film editor
Walter Woolf King, actor
Lucille Hardy Price, Babe’s widow
Marvin Hatley, musical director (including performances of “Ku-Ku,” “Honolulu Baby,” and “Will You Be My Lovey-Dovey?”)
Disc 3
Shorts:
Come Clean
One Good Turn
Helpmates
The Music Box
Photo Galleries:
Come Clean • One Good Turn • Helpmates • The Music Box (including production and candid stills, press sheet articles, poster and lobby card artwork, call sheets and production reports, music cue sheets) • A Short History of the Hal Roach Studios • Supporting Players • Crew Members • Studio Hijinks
Trailers for Beau Hunks and Pack Up Your Troubles
Disc 4
Shorts:
The Chimp
County Hospital
Scram!
Their First Mistake
Photo Galleries:
The Chimp • County Hospital • Scram! • Their First Mistake (including production and candid stills, press sheet articles, poster and lobby card artwork, call sheets and production reports, music cue sheets) • Snapshots from the 1932 UK Vacation • Babe Hardy’s Vim Comedies Scrapbook • L&H with Hollywood Friends
Joe Rock Interview and Roy Seawright Interview (both filmed by Randy Skretvedt, October 1981; in color)
Ship’s Reporter interview with Babe Hardy, June 10, 1950
Disc 5
Shorts:
Towed in a Hole
Twice Two
Me and My Pal
The Midnight Patrol
Busy Bodies
Photo Galleries:
Towed in a Hole • Twice Two • Me and My Pal • The Midnight Patrol • Busy Bodies (including production and candid stills, press sheet articles, poster and lobby card artwork, call sheets and production reports, music cue sheets) • Catalina, July 1934 • Portraits in Costume • Portraits out of Costume • Laurel & Hardy and Golf • Special Occasions • Odd Publicity Shots
Original trailers for Babes in Toyland, The Flying Deuces, A Chump at Oxford, Saps at Sea
Disc 6
Feature:
Way Out West
Shorts:
That’s That
The Tree in a Test Tube
Photo Galleries:
Way Out West: Portrait Stills • Scene Stills • Candid Stills • Pressbook Articles and Artwork • Poster and Lobby Card Artwork • Original 1913 Sheet Music • Script and Synopsis • Dialogue Continuity, Music Cues, etc.
That’s That • The Tree in a Test Tube • Stan in Retirement
Marvin Hatley Music Tracks (from Sons of the Desert, Them Thar Hills, Way Out West, Block-Heads, A Chump at Oxford and Saps at Sea)
Original Trailer for Way Out West
Here are the contents of the DVD edition of LAUREL & HARDY: THE DEFINITIVE RESTORATIONS. The official release date is June 16, 2020 (the 130th anniversary of Stan Laurel’s birth); pre-order will be available on Amazon in May.
All of the material on the six disc DVD edition is included in the four disc Blu-ray version, in different configurations. These will be region-free.
Presented by Kit Parker Films, The Sprocket Vault and Cinedigm.
All films -- including the interview films, the trailers and the audio interviews -- have optional English subtitles. The theatrical films (including The Tree in a Test Tube and That’s That) have optional commentaries by Richard W. Bann (for The Battle of the Century and The Music Box) and by Randy Skretvedt (all others).
Film preservation by Richard W. Bann, The UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Library of Congress
Digital restorations produced by Jeff Joseph/SabuCat and performed by Thad Komorowski/Cineaste Restoration. A.R.T. by Point 360. Final Conforming and Clean Up by The Finishing Touch.
Laboratory Services: The Stanford Theatre Film Laboratory, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, DJ Audio, Inc., Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., FotoKem, Pacific Title & Art Studio, Film & Video Transfers, Chace Audio, YCM Laboratories, The Cinemalab.
Funding provided by Laurel & Hardy Preservation Fund, Sons of the Desert Tents, Jeff Joseph/SabuCat, The George Lucas Family Foundation, The Film Foundation, The Packard Humanities Institute, Friends and Family of Ron Isroelit, The Stanford Theatre Foundation, The Winklevoss Foundation, The Carl David Memorial Fund for Film Preservation, Turner Classic Movies, Tom Luddy, Gary Meyer, Julie Huntsinger.
Special thanks to Richard W. Bann, Ray Faiola, David Gerstein, Jon C. Mirsalis, Sonar Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Archives, Michael J. Sheridan, Lou Sabini, Ralph Celentano, Les Perkins, Gary Lacher, Steve Slocum, Mike Mashon/The Library of Congress, RHI Entertainment LLC, The Museum of Modern Art, Katie Trainor, The British Film Institute, Nigel Algar, Katrina Stokes.
Disc 1
Feature:
Sons of the Desert, preserved by UCLA Film and Television Archive
Short:
The Battle of the Century, presented nearly complete with original amber tint and a new score by Donald Sosin.
Photo Galleries:
Sons of the Desert Publicity Portraits • Scene Stills • Deleted and Candids • Posters and Publicity • Early Script • Dialogue Continuity • Contracts and Documents
Battle of the Century (including Press Sheet and publicity material)
Early Career: Stan
Early Career: Babe
Anita Garvin Interview film from October 1981 (in color)
Sons of the Desert trailer (in Spanish)
Disc 2
Shorts:
Berth Marks, with original 1929 soundtrack and 1936 reissue soundtrack
Brats, with original 1930 soundtrack and 1937 reissue soundtrack
Hog Wild (from full aperture 1:33 source)
Photo Galleries for Berth Marks, Brats, and Hog Wild including production stills, press sheet articles, music cue sheets, poster and lobby card art.
Audio Interview excerpts from Randy Skretvedt (accompanied with photo galleries):
Billy Bletcher, actor
Joe Rock, producer
Hal Roach, producer
Anita Garvin Stanley, actress
George Marshall, director
Roy Seawright, special effects designer
Venice Lloyd, widow of cameraman Art Lloyd
Richard Currier, film editor
Bert Jordan, film editor
Walter Woolf King, actor
Lucille Hardy Price, Babe’s widow
Marvin Hatley, musical director (including performances of “Ku-Ku,” “Honolulu Baby,” and “Will You Be My Lovey-Dovey?”)
Disc 3
Shorts:
Come Clean
One Good Turn
Helpmates
The Music Box
Photo Galleries:
Come Clean • One Good Turn • Helpmates • The Music Box (including production and candid stills, press sheet articles, poster and lobby card artwork, call sheets and production reports, music cue sheets) • A Short History of the Hal Roach Studios • Supporting Players • Crew Members • Studio Hijinks
Trailers for Beau Hunks and Pack Up Your Troubles
Disc 4
Shorts:
The Chimp
County Hospital
Scram!
Their First Mistake
Photo Galleries:
The Chimp • County Hospital • Scram! • Their First Mistake (including production and candid stills, press sheet articles, poster and lobby card artwork, call sheets and production reports, music cue sheets) • Snapshots from the 1932 UK Vacation • Babe Hardy’s Vim Comedies Scrapbook • L&H with Hollywood Friends
Joe Rock Interview and Roy Seawright Interview (both filmed by Randy Skretvedt, October 1981; in color)
Ship’s Reporter interview with Babe Hardy, June 10, 1950
Disc 5
Shorts:
Towed in a Hole
Twice Two
Me and My Pal
The Midnight Patrol
Busy Bodies
Photo Galleries:
Towed in a Hole • Twice Two • Me and My Pal • The Midnight Patrol • Busy Bodies (including production and candid stills, press sheet articles, poster and lobby card artwork, call sheets and production reports, music cue sheets) • Catalina, July 1934 • Portraits in Costume • Portraits out of Costume • Laurel & Hardy and Golf • Special Occasions • Odd Publicity Shots
Original trailers for Babes in Toyland, The Flying Deuces, A Chump at Oxford, Saps at Sea
Disc 6
Feature:
Way Out West
Shorts:
That’s That
The Tree in a Test Tube
Photo Galleries:
Way Out West: Portrait Stills • Scene Stills • Candid Stills • Pressbook Articles and Artwork • Poster and Lobby Card Artwork • Original 1913 Sheet Music • Script and Synopsis • Dialogue Continuity, Music Cues, etc.
That’s That • The Tree in a Test Tube • Stan in Retirement
Marvin Hatley Music Tracks (from Sons of the Desert, Them Thar Hills, Way Out West, Block-Heads, A Chump at Oxford and Saps at Sea)
Original Trailer for Way Out West
