ClassicFlix: Ten Laurel & Hardy Films Prepped for Blu-ray
Posted June 27, 2025 03:20 AM by Webmaster
ClassicFlix has acquired ten classic Laurel & Hardy films and plans to release them on Blu-ray. Nine of the ten films will be newly restored and ClassicFlix. The label has not yet revealed preliminary release dates.
Complete label statement: "Arguably the greatest comedy team in motion picture history, Laurel and Hardy will be getting the ClassicFlix treatment as we have licensed the 10 feature films below for release on Blu-ray.
THE FILMS:
Pardon Us (1931)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
Our Relations (1936)
Way Out West (1937)
Swiss Miss (1938)
Block-Heads (1938)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Saps at Sea (1940)
Nine of the ten feature films will receive fresh scans and be restored by ClassicFlix. Pick Up Your Troubles is the exception as we have already licensed the beautiful restoration performed by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Most, if not all, of our 9 restorations will be sourced from the best available 35mm elements courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the releases will be spread out over five double features, with Pardon and Troubles likely being our next announced release in Volume 1 this fall.
Check out the raw scan clip of Pardon below, which while very rough, is typical of Hal Roach material from this time period, and shows a lot more image area on the left side and a sharpness not seen in the film's current home video form. Once restored, Laurel and Hardy's first feature film will finally get a presentation worthy of the team's iconic cultural status."