THE  COMPARISONS

The purpose of this page is to identify the differences in various prints of the films available on DVD.  It's also a convenient way of finding out where certain films appear on which DVD as well. Each film lists the DVD sleeve, opening title card and random scene (in some cases this will be the opening shot of the film) as well as the actual running time of the film. Several of the solo films in particular have been issued numerous times on DVD with varying degrees of visual quality; so this is why I felt the need to highlight this here. The screenshots herein have not been altered, or enhanced in any way.  What you see here is EXACTLY what you get on the print. Symbols key: ◊ Stan Laurel solo film     ♦ Oliver Hardy solo film     • Laurel and Hardy film The numbers in [brackets] after each listing indicate the number of different prints of that title have been reviewed in each comparison.

Remember, this page lists only MY OPINION on each title and which is the best version of it on DVD.  I can only make these opinions based on the prints I have seen.  It is conceivable that there are better versions of some of the films available, but if that is the case then I simply haven't seen them.  This page is meant to represent a ROUGH GUIDE.

Film title (click link for film page)	DVD comparisons page link	No. of comparisons	Best DVD(s) - IN MY PERSONAL OPINION* *based on all the prints I have viewed of each title
A-Haunting We Will Go 1942 feature Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	2	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) Region 1 -Basically the same as the UK edition except the R1 has commentary + extras.
Air Raid Wardens 1943 feature Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	2	Air Raid Wardens / Nothing But Trouble Warner Home Video (2006)
All Wet 1924 silent, 1-reel Charley Chase			The Charley Chase Collection Kino Video (2004)
Along Came Auntie 1926 silent, 2-reels Charley Chase	DVD comparisons	6	The Oliver Hardy Collection Kino Video (2005)
Angora Love 1929 silent, 2-reels Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	6	The Lost Films Of Laurel And Hardy Volume 4 (re-issue) Image Entertainment (2008)
Another Fine Mess 1930 3-reels Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	6	The Essential Collection DISC 2 RHI Entertainment (2011) *features 2 commentary tracks from Richard W. Bann
Any Old Port! 1932 2-reels Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	2	The Essential Collection DISC 5 RHI Entertainment (2011)
April Fool 1924 silent, 1-reel Charley Chase		0	The Charley Chase Collection Kino Video (2004)
Atoll K 1951 feature Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	14	Atoll K -French release Gaumont (2012)
Babes In Toyland 1934 feature Laurel & Hardy	DVD comparisons	20	MGM DVD
Bankrupt Honeymoon, A 1926 silent short Babe Hardy	DVD comparisons	1	Disc 6 of a German 10-DVD box-set. Edel (2011) *This DVD features only HALF of the film, but with a lack of availability elsewhere, it's the only choice. I do have the complete film which derives from a Dutch print, but I cannot trace its origin.

Bacon Grabbers  (1929)   [4]
Be Big!  (1931)   [9]
Bears And Bad Men  (1918)   [2]
Berth Marks  (1929)   [3]
Big Business  (1929)   [2]
Big Noise, The  (1944)   [2]
Block-Heads  (1938)  [6]
Blotto  (1930)   [4]
Bohemian Girl, The  (1936)   [6]
Bonnie Scotland  (1935)   [4]
Brats  (1930)   [5] 
Bullfighters, The  (1945)   [2]
Busy Bodies  (1933)   [4]

Call Of The Cuckoo  (1927)   [2]
Chickens Come Home  (1931)   [4]
Chimp, The  (1932)   [6]
Choo-Choo!  (1932)   [2]
Chump At Oxford, A  (1940)   [6]
County Hospital  (1932)   [5]
Crazy Like A Fox  (1926)   [5]
Crazy To Act  (1927)   [5]
Cupid's Rival  (1917)   [2]

Dancing Masters, The
Detained
Devil's Brother, The
Dirty Work
Do Detectives Think?
Do You Love Your Wife?
Duck Soup

Egg, The

Fighting Kentuckian, The
Finishing Touch, The
Flying Deuces, The
Flying Elephants
Fluttering Hearts
Forgotten Sweeties
Forty-five Minutes From Hollywood
Fraidy Cat, The
Frauds And Frenzies
From Soup To Nuts

Get 'Em Young  (1926)  [1]
Going Bye-Bye!  (1934)   [3]
Great Guns  (1941)   [8]

Half A Man  (1925)   [2]
Helpmates  (1932)   [5]
Her Boy Friend  (1924)   [2]
Hog Wild  (1930)   [4]
Hollywood Party  (1934)   [1]
Hollywood Revue Of 1929, The  (1929)   [1]
Hoose-gow, The  (1929)   [5]
Hungry Hearts  (1916)   [2]
Huns And Hyphens  (1918)   [3]
Hustling For Health  (1919)   [5]

Isn't Life Terrible?  (1925)   [2]

• Jitterbugs  (1943)   [2]

♦ Kid Speed  (1924)   [7]
◊ Kill Or Cure  (1923)   [3]

• Laughing Gravy  (1931)   [4]
• Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, The  (1930)   [3]
• Leave 'Em Laughing  (1928)   [5]
• Les Carottiers   (1931)   [2]
• Liberty  (1929)   [5]
• Live Ghost, The  (1934)   [3]
♦ Long Fliv The King  (1926)   [2]
• Love 'Em And Weep  (1927)   [5]
• Lucky Dog, The  (1921)   [8]

◊ Mandarin Mix-Up  (1924)   [5]
• March Of The Wooden Soldiers  (1934)   [6]
♦ Married To Order  (1920)   [2]
• Me And My Pal  (1933)   [6]
• Men O' War  (1929)   [10]
• Midnight Patrol, The   (1933)   [7]
  Mighty Like A Moose  (1926)   [4]
◊ Mixed Nuts  (1922)   [2]
◊ Mud And Sand  (1922)   [6]
• Music Box, The  (1932)   [5]

◊ Navy Blue Days  (1925)   [2]
• Night Owls  (1930)   [5]
• Noche de Duendes  (1930)   [2]
◊ Noon Whistle, The  (1923)   [3]
• Nothing But Trouble  (1944)   [2]
• Now I'll Tell One  (1927)  [2]

• Oliver The Eighth (1934)   [8]
• One Good Turn  (1931)   [3]
◊ Oranges And Lemons  (1923)   [7]
• Our Relations  (1936)   [8]
• Our Wife  (1931)   [7]

• Pack Up Your Troubles  (1932)   [5]
• Pardon Us  (1931)   [5]
◊ Pest, The  (1922)   [2]
• Putting Pants On Philip  (1927)   [4]

• Rogue Song, The  (1930)   [2]

• Sailors, Beware!  (1927)   [8]
• Saps At Sea  (1940)   [3]
◊ Scorching Sands  (1923)   [2]
• Scram!  (1932)   [6]
• Second Hundred Years, The  (1927)   [2]
• Should Married Men Go Home?  (1928)   [2]
◊ Sleuth, The  (1925)   [4]
• Slipping Wives  (1927)   [5]
◊ Smithy  (1924)   [5]
◊ Soilers, The  (1923)   [5]
• Sons Of The Desert  (1933)   [5]
• Spuk um Mitternacht  (1931)   [1]
• Stolen Jools, The  (1931)   [7]
• Sugar Daddies  (1927)   [2]
• Swiss Miss  (1938)   [4]

• Their First Mistake  (1932)   [6]
• Their Purple Moment  (1928)   [6]
• Them Thar Hills  (1934)   [3]
• This Is Your Life  (1954)   [4]
• Towed In A Hole  (1932)   [4]
• Tree In A Test Tube, The  (1941)  [5]
• Twice Two  (1933)   [4]
• Two Tars  (1928)   [2]

• Unaccustomed As We Are  (1929)   [7]
◊ Under Two Jags  (1923)   [3]

  Way Of All Pants, The  (1927)  [2]
• Way Out West  (1937)   [4]
• We Faw Down  (1928)  [6]
◊ Weak-End Party, A  (1922)   [2]
◊ West Of Hot Dog  (1924)   [7]
◊ White Wings  (1923)   [4]
• Why Girls Love Sailors  (1927)   [5]
◊ Wide Open Spaces  (1924)   [1]
• Wild Poses  (1933)   [2]
• With Love And Hisses  (1927)   [2]
♦ Wizard Of Oz, The  (1925)   [11]
• Wrong Again  (1929)   [2]

♦ Yes, Yes, Nanette  (1925)   [5]
• You're Darn Tootin'  (1928)   [2]