--- product_id: 387879274 title: "Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection" price: "€ 112.53" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/387879274-laurel-and-hardy-the-essential-new-collection store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection **Price:** € 112.53 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection - **How much does it cost?** € 112.53 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/387879274-laurel-and-hardy-the-essential-new-collection) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Laurel & Hardy were one of the most critically acclaimed comedy teams of early American cinema. Their films produced by Hal Roach during the 20s and 30s defined their legacy, and are now available for the first time in a one comprehensive 10-DISC COLLECTION! This set contains films from Hal Roach library such as The Music Box (Academy Award Best Short Subject), Brats, Hog Wild, Chickens Come Home, Sons of the Desert and Way out West to name a few. A special bonus disc features entertaining never before seen interviews from Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Lewis and Tim Conway, insightful commentaries, additional films and original trailers. Review: Five Stars - really funny great service . Review: an absolute MUST for all L&H fans! - An essential collection to any Laurel and Hardy fan. This 10-disc set not only incorporates all the sound shorts and feature films made between 1929-1940 at the Hal Roach Studios, but also, each film has been restored with their original title cards and credits as well. Compared to the UK-released Universal set a few years back, the picture quality is far superior in sharpness and tone. This set does NOT include the colourized versions of the films, nor does it include "Bonnie Scotland" and "Fra Diavolo (The Devil's Brother)". It does however include "Wild Poses" (a Little Rascals short featuring Stan and Ollie for a brief 10 seconds in a guest appearance) and the Todd/Pitts short "On The Loose". Surprisingly, it also includes the colour short "The Tree In A Test Tube" from 1942, even though this was not made during the period of the films in this set. If you want the colourized versions then you need to buy the Region 2 set from Universal (21-DVDs), If you want the best possible picture quality, with original cards then this is the set for you. The price tag for this 10-disc set is more expensive than the 21-disc set, but you are getting better quality for your money. My opinion, of course ;) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B091K3NDWN | | Aspect Ratio | 4:3 - 1.33:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 118,839 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 19,108 in Comedy (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,186) | | Language | English | | Media Format | NTSC | | Number of discs | 10 | | Product Dimensions | 2.49 x 18.9 x 13.44 cm; 285.76 g | | Release date | 4 May 2021 | | Studio | CINEDIGM | ## Product Details - **Format:** NTSC - **Genre:** Comedy - **Language:** English - **Manufacturer:** CINEDIGM - **Number of discs:** 10 ## Images ![Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Y-Igj332L.jpg) ![Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81TfrLWEQiL.jpg) ![Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dZs+V1tfL.jpg) ![Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71apTFi5UTL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars *by K***S on 15 December 2014* really funny great service . ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ an absolute MUST for all L&H fans! *by L***H on 5 November 2011* An essential collection to any Laurel and Hardy fan. This 10-disc set not only incorporates all the sound shorts and feature films made between 1929-1940 at the Hal Roach Studios, but also, each film has been restored with their original title cards and credits as well. Compared to the UK-released Universal set a few years back, the picture quality is far superior in sharpness and tone. This set does NOT include the colourized versions of the films, nor does it include "Bonnie Scotland" and "Fra Diavolo (The Devil's Brother)". It does however include "Wild Poses" (a Little Rascals short featuring Stan and Ollie for a brief 10 seconds in a guest appearance) and the Todd/Pitts short "On The Loose". Surprisingly, it also includes the colour short "The Tree In A Test Tube" from 1942, even though this was not made during the period of the films in this set. If you want the colourized versions then you need to buy the Region 2 set from Universal (21-DVDs), If you want the best possible picture quality, with original cards then this is the set for you. The price tag for this 10-disc set is more expensive than the 21-disc set, but you are getting better quality for your money. My opinion, of course ;) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WELL WORTH THE WAIT (but Jerry Lewis' commentary is revisionist nonsense)!! *by M***I on 17 November 2011* I've been viewing the new Laurel & Hardy discs at length, and comparing them to the laserdiscs and the UK PAL set with an analytical eye. My verdict is a resounding "thumbs up" in all departments. The only real drawback is the absence of the silent classics. (These may well be on their way, in a future companion set.) I'm not exactly impartial in these matters. I guess I've derived more pleasure from Laurel & Hardy than from any other movie personalities in history. Their charm never seems to fade - for me, anyway. The films themselves - all from the Hal Roach Library and long cherished by at least three generations of fans - surely need no further validation. Owning them in uncut, restored editions has been a lifelong dream for devotees all over the world. Some of the early shorts, particularly NIGHT OWLS, BRATS and ONE GOOD TURN, are only marginally improved. (Apparently the original elements are in pretty bad shape. As with the Chaplin Keystones and Essanays, the producers did the best restoration possible with the prints available.) But most are pristine, comparatively; it's like watching them for the first time. In addition to ALL the talkie shorts and most of the features (more about that later), you also get some rare foreign language versions. These fascinating oddities often feature gags and business not seen in the more familiar domestic releases, and I STRONGLY encourage fans not to skip them. Who knew, for instance, that POLITIQUERIAS (CHICKENS COME HOME) included priceless footage of Hardy ballroom dancing, and singing in Spanish - as well as an extended magic act with a Spanish-speaking James Finlayson? Even better, statuesque Anita Garvin ("Mrs. Laurel" in BE BIG and BLOTTO) is even more smoking hot when she's speaking French (in LES CAROTTIERS)! More rarities: both LAUGHING GRAVY and PARDON US include "lost" outtake footage deleted from the North American theatrical releases. (The former features a bonus alternate ending, and the latter adds a lengthy sequence where Stan and Ollie rescue June "Miss Crabtree" Marlowe from a burning building.) Wisely, the set does not waste valuable space by including "colorized" versions. Due to vagaries of copyright ownership, some features in the canon are missing from the set: FRA DIAVOLO, BONNIE SCOTLAND, BABES IN TOYLAND, The FLYING DEUCES (not a Roach production) and HOLLYWOOD PARTY. However, ALL of these are readily available on DVD from other sources. There's a 10th disc with miscellaneous items, including the team's cameo appearances with Charley Chase, Our Gang and Thelma Todd/ZaSu Pitts - but it doesn't include The STOLEN JOOLS. An "extras" feature takes the viewer on a tour of L&H shooting locations around modern Los Angeles, including the iconic MUSIC BOX steps in Silver Lake. (All true L&H buffs in America have made at least one pilgrimage there!) This last disc also features appreciative commentaries by Dick Van Dyke, Penn & Teller (the latter is characteristically silent), Tim Conway, Chuck McCann, Super Dave Osborne and - perhaps unfortunately - Jerry Lewis. One major quibble with the Lewis interview is his bizarre "when Laurel met Hardy" story which, as many fans have pointed out, is pure drivel. No one can dispute Lewis' megawatt talent, but he seems to have gone a bit dotty lately. Lewis loves Laurel but basically dismisses Hardy, claiming he was a "construction worker" on the lot when Stan saw him one day and asked Roach if he could "use" him. Of course, this is complete rubbish. Oliver Hardy had a long and versatile career in silent films prior to the teaming, appearing in literally hundreds of comedies - as heavies and/or comic foils, in "character" parts, etc. His film roles stretch back to 1914, even preceding Laurel's 1917 screen debut. (Hardy had even been teamed before - in a series of "Plump and Runt" comedies with Billy Ruge.) These films are not only documented, but many still survive. It may be news to Jerry Lewis, but Hardy was already an established comedy veteran by the time he arrived at Roach, as any film historian could easily attest. In Jerry's defense, he MAY have been thinking of Charlie Hall - who actually DID do carpentry work on the Roach lot between supporting roles, to supplement his income. I'm guessing - I don't know this - but it's entirely possible that Stan "discovered" Hall, sensing some comic potential in his diminutive but feisty persona. (The L&H creative team, which once featured director Leo McCarey, was always looking for fresh new foils - since Finlayson and Edgar Kennedy were in such high demand elsewhere on the lot.) Perhaps Laurel relayed the anecdote about Hall, and Jerry Lewis simply got confused. Like I said, I don't really know for sure. Charlie Hall is SO good that it's hard to believe he was just a day laborer who inadvertently happened to be effective onscreen. L&H fans are understandably upset by Lewis' belittling implication that Oliver Hardy was some amateur that Stan trained, like a monkey. Make no mistake; Hardy is brilliant. No less an authority than John Cleese considers Hardy one of the best, if not THE best American screen comic, as does Ricky Gervais. Stan Laurel himself revered Hardy, listing him second only to Chaplin. Laurel was indisputably the creative genius behind the scenes, but Hardy was (arguably) a shade the more nuanced performer. (That's open to debate, of course. I agree with William K. Everson, who believed it was ultimately pointless to compare the two.) Jerry Lewis considers himself Stan's protege, and is fiercely loyal to him. That's entirely understandable, even commendable - but it doesn't give him the right to rewrite history. ## Frequently Bought Together - Laurel & Hardy: The Essential New Collection - The Three Stooges: The Complete DVD Collection - Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection [DVD] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/387879274-laurel-and-hardy-the-essential-new-collection](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/387879274-laurel-and-hardy-the-essential-new-collection) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-04-26*