It's another frightful mess for Laurel and Hardy when the boys have to transport a coffin with a not-so-dead gangster in it, only to accidentally switch their cargo with a magician's stage prop. Sheila Ryan, Elisha Cook, Jr., and Dante the Magician also star. 68 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; newsreel footage; bonus short "Tree in a Test Tube" (1943); theatrical trailer.

After a series of miscues in different jobs, Laurel and Hardy enlist in the service and are made "Air Raid Wardens." Their ineptitude elicits a less-than-patriotic response from the town, especially when they try to practice their first aid "skills." Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White also star. And, they find "Nothing But Trouble" as servants who help an exiled boy king in jeopardy. After the boys are put in jail for kidnapping the ruler, he helps them find freedom. Hilarious comedy bits abound. Henry O'Neill and David Leland co-star. 136 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.

Stan and Ollie work solo in the silent shorts "The Paperhanger's Helper" (1925), "Lucky Dog" (1921) (their first on-screen appearance together), "The Sawmill" (1922), "Hop To It, Bellhop" (1925), "Kid Speed" (1924), "Yes, Yes, Nanette" (1925), and "Enough To Do" (1926). 101 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

See the duo before they were team in the silent ribticklers "The Hobo" (1917), "The Show" (1922), "The Soilers" (1923), "White Wings" (1923), "Should Sailors Marry?" (1925), and "Thundering Fleas" (1926), with Hardy and the "Our Gang" kids. 106 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

More of the boy's silent work as single funnymen. Included are "Short Kilts" (1924), "Smithy" (1924) and "Along Came Auntie" (1926) Also, detectives Laurel and Hardy are looking for "The Stolen Jools" (1931), an all-star short with Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown and Edward G. Robinson. AKA: "The Slippery Pearls." Then, Stan reveals his "Home Movies" (1938); and the bumbling duo demonstrates the uses of wood in the World War II propaganda film "The Tree In A Test Tube" (1943). 99 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

It's Laurel or Hardy in the silent shorts "Mud And Sand" (1923), "Oranges And Lemons" (1923), "West Of Hot Dog" (1924), "Bromo And Juliet" (1926), and "Crazy Like A Fox" (1926). 130 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

When their hypochondriac boss is drafted into the army, servants Laurel and Hardy enlist so they can look after him at boot camp. The fellas' military mishaps make for much merriment in this comedy. Dick Nelson, Sheila Ryan co-star; look for a young Alan Ladd. 74 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; newsreel; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.

Star-studded comedy musical features Jimmy Durante as jungle film hero "Schnarzan," who throws a lavish party to impress the owner of some prize lions he'd like to use in his next movie. Among the invited (and uninvited) guests are Laurel and Hardy, Ted Healy and the Three Stooges, Lupe Velez, Jack Pearl, and even Mickey Mouse (who introduces a Technicolor cartoon sequence). Songs by Rodgers and Hart include "Reincarnation" and the title song. 68 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Struggling two-man Jitterbug band Laurel and Hardy teams up with huckster Robert Bailey, who peddles phony "gasoline pills." The trio comes to the aid of small-town singer Vivian Blaine and helps her regain the money her mother was swindled out of in a real estate scam. One of Stan and Ollie's better later features; Lee Patrick co-stars. 74 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; newsreel; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.

Coming attractions, rare film footage (including Stan and Ollie's first screen appearance together in 1917 and a color documentary short), a vintage "This Is Your Life" episode, and more L&H fun is featured in "Classic Moments With Laurel & Hardy"; while "Laurel & Hardy On Parade" offers short films culled from the duo's 1935 feature "Bonnie Scotland." Two-disc set also includes "The Flying Deuces" and "Utopia." 4 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Genre: Comedy

Before Stan and Ollie got into many a fine mess together, they both had successful solo careers. This five-disc set features the celebrated duo performing both together and separately. "The Tree In A Test Tube" (1943) features the pair in a rare color film appearance; Hardy gives a short interview discussing his partnership with Stan after the completion of their final film, "Utopia"; see Stanley spoof his British roots in the silent comedy "Short Kilts" (1924); before Jack Haley played the part, Ollie was the Tin Man in the rarely seen 1925 version of "The Wizard Of Oz"; and much more. 5 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Genre: Comedy

"Pardon Us" (1931), Laurel and Hardy's first feature-length film, finds the duo causing chaos behind bars after selling bootleg beer to a cop. Ex-soldiers Stan and Ollie try to reunite a war buddy's orphaned daughter with her grandfather in "Pack Up Your Troubles" (1932). The boys are lodge members who sneak off to a convention--minus their wives--in "Sons Of The Desert" (1933). Based on an opera, "The Bohemian Girl" (1936) has Gypsies Stan and Ollie caring for a kidnapped princess. The pair play dual roles as long-lost twin brothers in "Our Relations" (1936) and help a young woman save her frontier inheritance from land grabbers "Way Out West" (1937). An Alpine lodge is the setting for music and laughs in "Swiss Miss" (1938), while Ollie brings old army pal Stan home to care for him in "Block-Heads" (1938). The boys are off to college in "A Chump At Oxford" (1940), and they take a "relaxing" ocean voyage as "Saps At Sea" (1940). This 10-disc set also features all 40 L&H sound shorts made for Hal Roach from 1929-1935--including "Berth Marks," "Brats," "Below Zero," "Our Wife" "The Music Box," and others--plus Spanish-language versions, guest cameos, and more. 32 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

First, Stan and Ollie play bandits hired by a real robber called Fra Diablo out to bilk a king of his treasures. Superior L&H moments mix with operatic sequences for the hilarious and hummable effort "The Devil's Brother" (1933). Dennis King and Thelma Todd co-star. AKA: "Bogus Bandits," "Fra Diavolo." Then, take the high road to laughter as the duo travels to "Bonnie Scotland" (1935) to pick up Stan's inheritance, only to wind up joining the army and battling Arab forces in India. With James Finlayson, June Lang. AKA: "Heroes Of The Regiment." 170 min. total. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; documentary; theatrical trailers; film excerpts from "Hollywood Party" (1934), "Pick a Star" (1937). Two-disc set.

Includes "Bogus Bandits," "March Of The Wooden Soldiers" and "Movie Struck." 4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Victor Herbert's operetta "Babes in Toyland" was adapted to fit the screen antics of Laurel and Hardy, and the result is a magical film comedy for all ages. Stan and Ollie are apprentice toymakers for Santa Claus who must save Mother Goose and other nursery rhyme characters from crooked Mr. Barnaby. This special edition features the original "storybook" opening and musical number, and includes both the original black-and-white and the newly colorized versions. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; bonus shorts "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1944), more; trailers.

A young girl from Iowa comes to Hollywood in search of fame and, after some tough times, gets a chance thanks to the efforts of a publicity man. Hal Roach's comic inside look at Tinseltown features Laurel and Hardy in hilarious cameo appearances; Jack Haley, Rosina Lawrence, Patsy Kelly, and Mischa Auer co-star. AKA: "Movie Struck." 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

It's "another fine mess" of laughs, courtesy of this entertaining collection of Laurel and Hardy comedy! In addition to an enlightening and amusing profile of the boys in "This Is Your Life: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy" (1954), you'll get a compilation of classic trailers, with some of Stan and Ollie's funniest bits ever! Includes both original black-and-white features and newly colorized material. 170 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

A crackpot scientist has invented a new bomb, but when crooks try stealing it, he sets out to hire the best guards available. Unfortunately, there's a war on, so "the best guards available" turn out to be Laurel and Hardy! The boys do their part for the war effort in this comedy that also stars Doris Merrick and Little Bobby Blake. 74 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.

One of Laurel and Hardy's last films turns out to be one of their best feature comedies, as the duo head out to Mexico for a rest, only to run into gangsters who mistake Stan for a top matador. Lots of laughs, including a great closing sight gag. With Richard Lane, Margo Woode. 61 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; theatrical trailer.

Laurel and Hardy are light on their feet when they take charge of a dance school and wind up getting involved with an inventor and some gangsters (including a young Robert Mitchum) in this fun-filled comedy. Trudy Marshall, Robert Bailey, and Margaret Dumont also star. 64 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer.

In this comedy classic, Oliver Hardy is heartbroken when he discovers that his dream girl is married to another man. In an effort to get over his pain, he convinces Stan Laurel to join the French Foreign Legion with him. However, Stan and Ollie soon have their hands full as they deal with stern commander Charles Middleton and a desertion charge. With Jean Parker, Reginald Gardner. Includes both the original black-and-white and newly colorized versions. 69 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

In this comedy classic, Oliver Hardy is heartbroken when he discovers that his dream girl is married to another man. In an effort to get over his pain, he convinces Stan Laurel to join the French Foreign Legion with him. However, Stan and Ollie soon have their hands full as they deal with stern commander Charles Middleton and a desertion charge. With Jean Parker, Reginald Gardner. 66 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; biographies; more.

Film comedy compilation producer Robert Youngson presents this Laurel and Hardy career retrospective that features a collection of clips from some of the duo's most fondly remembered silent shorts, plus excerpts from their early solo efforts. With Jean Harlow, Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, Billy West, "Snub" Pollard, and more. 99 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Featured are five silent short comedies featuring Stan Laurel or Oliver Hardy in early solo roles. "The Home Wrecker" (1924) finds Stan as a laborer given a job as a building foreman without prior experience. AKA: "Smithy." Next, scheming driver Ollie tries to stop rival Larry Semon from winning a big race--and the girl--in "The Four Wheel Terror" (1924). AKA: "Kid Speed." Explorer Laurel runs into all sorts of animals in "Roughest Africa" (1923); millionaire Ollie promises to make his intended wife a big star if she marries him in "Crazy To Act" (1927); and in "The Paperhanger's Helper" (1925), paperhanger Hardy answers a call from a mental hospital. AKA: "Stick Around." 80 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.

When crooks try to steal a crackpot scientist's new bomb, he sets out to hire the best guards available. Unfortunately, "the best guards available" turn out to be Laurel and Hardy, in "The Big Noise" (1944), co-starring Doris Merrick and Little Bobby Blake. Then, when the pair joins the army, the enemy never had it so easy, as Stan and Ollie's mix-ups make for much merriment, in "Great Guns" (1941). Dick Nelson, Sheila Ryan co-star; look for a young Alan Ladd. And, the boys star as traveling musicians who get recruited to help a small-town girl get her money back from nefarious con men running a real-estate scam, in "Jitterbugs" (1943). With Vivian Blaine. 3 2/3 hrs. total on three discs. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailers; photo gallery; newsreel footage; documentary.

Here's another fine, three-disc mess for Laurel and Hardy, as the boys get mixed up with gangsters, a stage magician, and a plot to use a coffin's not-so-dead occupant to make a fortune, in "A-Haunting We Will Go" (1942). Dante, Sheila Ryan, and Elisha Cook, Jr. also star. Next, the boys--that is, the "girls"--masquerade as the proprietors of a ballet school while assisting a young inventor and avoiding shady racketeers, in "The Dancing Masters" (1943). Trudy Marshall, Robert Bailey also star. Finally, one of Laurel and Hardy's last feature comedies finds them heading to Mexico for a rest, only to run into gangsters who mistake Stan for a top matador. A great closing sight gag highlights "The Bullfighters" (1945). With Margo Woode, Richard Lane. 3 1/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; bonus short "The Tree In A Test Tube" (1943); featurettes; newsreel footage; theatrical trailers.

Ollie flies solo in this collection of some of his best silent two-reel comedies. Includes "The Sawmill" (1922), "The Show" (1922), "Should Sailors Marry?" (1925), "Hop To It" (1925), "Stick Around" (1925), "Along Came Auntie" (1926), "Crazy To Act" (1927), and "45 Minutes From Hollywood" (1926). 181 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.

Genre: Silents

Before his historical--and hysterical--pairing with Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel shined in the solo spotlight with a series of side-splitting silent short films. This two-disc set collects 17 of Laurel's funniest works, including "Oranges And Lemons" (1923), "Short Kilts" (1924), "Near Dublin" (1924), "The Snow Hawk" (1925), his directorial debut "Chasing The Chaser" (1925), and more. 6 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.

Genre: Silents

Stan Laurel had a fruitful solo career in silent comedy before he got into many a fine mess with his rotund counterpart, Oliver Hardy. This two-disc set features 21 of Laurel's most laugh-inducing works, including "Huns And Hyphens" (1918), "The Noon Whistle" (1923), "Rupert Of Hee Haw" (1924), "Somewhere In Wrong" (1925), "Get 'Em Young" (1926), and more. 5 3/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.

Laurel and Hardy's final film has the boys inheriting a South Seas island, only to wind up shipwrecked on an uncharted atoll that turns out to be rich in uranium. Funny and fond farewell to Hollywood's funniest duo also stars Suzy Delair, Max Elloy. AKA: "Atoll K." 82 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.