Hal Roach Comedies

Two 2-disc DVDs with 25 comedies from the HAl Roach Studio (Edition Filmmuseum 57 & 58): Newly restored two-reelers, most of them have never been released on DVD, starring Max Davidson, Spec O'Donnell, Marion Byron, Anita Garvin, Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts, Patsy Kelly, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The booklets offer new essays about the comedians. The ROM section contains scripts, cutting continuities, censor's files, reviews, stills, and posters of lost films. A unique set from the golden age of American film comedy.

Two 2-discs DVDs

• Why Girls Say No 1927, 23'
• Jewish Prudence 1927, 21'
• Don't Tell Everything 1927, 23'
• Should Second Husbands Come First? 1927, 21'
• Flaming Fathers 1927, 25'
• Call of the Cuckoo 1927, 19'
• Love 'em and Feed 'em 1927, 9', tinted
• Pass the Gravy 1928, 25'
• Dumb Daddies 1928, 15'
• Came the Dawn 1928, 17', tinted
• The Boy Friend 1928, 20'
• Feed 'em and Weep 1928, 16'
• A Pair of Tights 1929, 19'
• Hurdy Gurdy 1929, 20'
• The Itching Hour 1931, 19'
• The Pajama Party 1931, 20'
• On the Loose 1931, 20'
• Show Business 1932, 19'
• Asleep in the Feet 1933, 18'
• The Bargain of the Century 1933, 19'
• Beauty and the Bus 1933, 17'
• Babes in the Goods 1934, 19'
• Maid in Hollywood 1934, 19'
• The Misses Stooge 1935, 18'
• Top Flat 1935, 19'
• New scores by Joachim Bärenz, Christian Roderburg, Günter A. Buchwald and Stephen Horne
• ROM section with scripts, cutting continuities, censor's files, reviews, stills and posters
• Two booklets with essays by Richard W. Bann, Steve Massa, Stewart Tryster, Stefan Drössler, Anke Sterneborg, Dave Stevenson and Cole Johnson

Edited by: Filmmuseum München and Goethe-Institut München
DVD-Supervision: Stefan Drößler
DVD-Authoring: Ralph Schermbach