The Stan Laurel Collection 2 (Slapstick Symposium) (1918 - 1924) (2 DVD)

Twenty-One Comedy Shorts From 1918-1926 on Two DVDs.

Prior to forming a fruitful partnership with funny man Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel was a slapstick headliner in his own right. This two-DVD set continues Kino International s monumental tribute to Stan Laurel with twenty-one slapstick classics, painstakingly restored by Paris s Lobster Films. Beginning with Huns and Hyphens (1918, in which Laurel plays a supporting role to Larry Semon), the collection follows Laurel s rapid rise to stardom, passing through Hal Roach s stable of master comedians to carve out his own big-screen niche. In addition to playing the inept everyman wreaking havoc in a variety of domestic and professional situations, Laurel often starred in elaborate parodies of popular films, including Mud and Sand (1922, posing as Rhubarb Vaselino), the desert adventure Under Two Jags (1923) and Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924, spoofing the now-forgotten Rupert of Hentzau).

DVD 1

Huns and Hyphens - 1918 - 19 Min.
Just Rambling Along - 1918 - 9 Min.
Frauds and Frenzies - 1918 - 21 Min.
Do You Love Your Wife? - 1919 - 13 Min.
Hustling for Health 1919 - 12 Min.
The Egg 1922 - 22 Min.
Mud and Sand - 1922 - 29 Min.
The Noon Whistle - 1923 - 11 Min.
White Wings - 1923 - 11 Min.
Under Two Jags - 1923 - 11 Min.
Pick and Shovel - 1923 - 13 Min.
Kill or Cure - 1923 - 13 Min.

DVD 2

Short Orders - 1923 - 12 Min.
A Man About Town - 1923 - 12 Min.
Smithy - 1924 - 24 Min.
Rupert of Hee Haw - 1924 - 23 Min.
Mandarin Mix-Up - 1924 - 21 Min.
Detained - 1924 - 14 Min.
Somewhere in Wrong - 1925 - 22 Min.
Pie-Eyed - 1925 - 20 Min.
Get Em Young - 1926 - 23 Min.