Laurel and Hardy: The Restored Features Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		3.5
Audio		3.0
Extras		2.0
Overall		3.0

Laurel and Hardy: The Restored Features Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman December 22, 2025

Laurel and Hardy fans have had a couple of banner years recently with a large number of Blu-ray offerings across several regions, which some may attribute to copyrights expiring, which indeed has happened to the pair's earliest outings up through 1929. Interestingly in that regard, though, neither of the films ClassicFlix has aggregated for its first collection of Laurel and Hardy comedies is in the public domain (yet), which may make this restoration effort especially interesting for diehard collectors. Also probably for that very same reason, neither Pardon Us nor Pack Up Your Troubles has had a previous high definition release anywhere that I've been able to track down.

For reviews of the film on this disc, please click on the following links:

Pardon Us Blu-ray review

Pack Up Your Troubles Blu-ray review

Laurel and Hardy: The Restored Features Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Laurel and Hardy: The Restored Features Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Laurel and Hardy: The Restored Features Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

ClassicFlix has packaged the two features together on one disc with the following supplements:

• Pardon Us alternate raw audio track without added music (HD; 56:42) is a fun alternate experience, and there are a few lines (as in the very opening) you can hear that aren't as audible in the theatrical version.


• Opening title sequence of the preview version of Pardon Us (HD; 2:11) features The Crane Twins "reciting" the credits.


• Alternate ending for Pardon Us (no audio) (HD; 2:29)


• Pardon Us Restoration Comparison (HD; 3:23)

Trailers for several other releases from ClassicFlix are also included. The insert sleeve has an inner print photograph of the pair operating a food truck.

Laurel and Hardy: The Restored Features Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

ClassicFlix's first foray into restoring the feature films of Laurel and Hardy can't escape the troubling blackface of Pardon Us, but this collection of the pair's first two features offers appealing technical merits (video more so than audio), and some great supplements pertaining to the first film. With caveats about Pardon Us duly noted, Recommended.