Category Archives: Beverly Hills

How Laurel & Hardy Filmed Duck Soup – Flicker Alley Year One Blu-ray Release

Posted on September 2, 2023 by John Bengtson

Hooray for Flicker Alley releasing Laurel & Hardy: Year One, a beautifully presented 2-disc Blu-ray set of Stan and Ollie’s 1927 films. The all-new restorations look stunning, meticulously assembled from the best available materials contributed by archives and collectors around … Continue reading →

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How Laurel and Hardy Filmed Duck Soup

Posted on April 12, 2020 by John Bengtson

Hooray for Flicker Alley releasing Laurel & Hardy: Year One, a beautifully presented 2-disc Blu-ray set of Stan and Ollie’s 1927 films. The all-new restorations look stunning, meticulously assembled from the best available materials contributed by archives and collectors around … Continue reading →

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Chaplin, Keaton, and Lois Weber’s “Suspense” in Beverly Hills

Posted on May 13, 2019 by John Bengtson

The beautiful new Kino Lorber Blu-ray release Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers features dozens of early films created by women, many unseen for decades. One highlight is Lois Weber’s home invasion thriller Suspense (1913). As shown in a prior post, the film provides … Continue reading →

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