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Laurel and Hardy are at their best in this Hal Roach production as they bumble their way across the British Empire, and the Empire may never be the same after the comic duo lands in BonnieScotland.Stan Laurel, the blacksheep of the MacLaurel clan, and his pal Oliver Hardy stow away on a ship bound for Scotland to claim Laurel's share of his late uncle Angus Ian MacLaurel's estate. But Laurel's inheritance consists of a snuffbox and a dusty pair of bagpipes.

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Northern Italy in the 1700s is terrorized by bandits. Boldest among them, Fra Diavolo masquerades as an elegant Marquis to mingle with the rich. Great lords lose their gold to him--great ladies their hearts. But when Stanlio (Stan Laurel) and Ollio (Oliver Hardy) impersonate Diavolo to stage copycat crimes, they inadvertently attempt to rob the master himself. One of the best Laurel & Hardy feature comedies, now restored and remastered! Top Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews The Devil's Brother [Blu-ray] The Devil's Brother

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Remastered and beautifully restored, the first two feature films of the most beloved comedy team in movie history are making their Blu-ray debut from ClassicFlix in Laurel and Hardy - The Restored Features, Volume 1. During the mid-1920s, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were both hard working comedians for producer Hal Roach making silent movie audiences laugh—but doing so as individual actors. The duo started performing as a team in 1927s Putting Pants on Philip, and before long their two-reel comedies were leading the pack at Roach fueled by their great popularity with moviegoers. Four years later, Roach gave the pair a shot at features and this collection contains their first two: Pardon Us (1931, theatrical version) and Pack Up Your Troubles (1932). Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, Pack Up Your Troubles finds The Boys overseas during World War I and letting loose with their patented brand of comic mayhem. Their favorite nemesis (Finlayson) returns, and is joined by Don Dillaway, Jacquie Lynn, Mary Carr, Richard Cramer, Tom Kennedy, Charles Middleton, Grady Sutton, Billy Gilbert, as well as co-director George Marshall who makes an on-screen appearance as a vengeful Army chef!" FEATURES: Color/B&W: B/W Rating: NR Region: 1 Subtitles: English Genre: Comedy # Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 Runtime: 120 minutes Theatrical Year: 1931-32 Special Features: Opening title sequence of the preview version of Pardon Us (which had the working title of Their First Mistake) featuring the “talking titles” with the Crane twins. Never-before-seen alternate ending for Pardon Us (no audio) Pardon Us alternate audio track without incidental music Laurel and Hardy - The Restored Features, Volume 1