Alpha Video

releases:

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics, Volume 2 (DVD)

Released Feb. 22, 2005. Contents:

• The Hobo (starring Billy West, with Oliver Hardy)
• The Show (starring Larry Semon, with Oliver Hardy)
• The Soilers (starring Stan Laurel)
• White Wings (starring Stan Laurel)
• Should Sailors Marry? (starring Clyde Cook, with Oliver Hardy)
• Thundering Fleas (no. 51) - This print includes only the second half of the film, lasting 9:39, with 9:34 of it original. The picture quality is poor.

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics, Volume 3 (DVD)

Released Feb. 22, 2005. Contents:

• Short Kilts (starring Stan Laurel)
• Smithy (starring Stan Laurel)
• Along Came Auntie (starring Glenn Tryon, with Oliver Hardy)
• The Stolen Jools - featuring an all-star cast including Our Gang
• Home Movies (starring Stan Laurel)
• The Tree In A Test Tube (starring Laurel & Hardy)

You Asked For It Volume 2 (DVD)

Released 2005. Contents:

• You Asked For It (TV episode) - Includes pin-up models that come to life, Oscar-winning canaries, Hawaiian cowboys, and a reunion of the silent-era Our Gang kids. At 29:21, this is the only complete version of this episode that I've so far come across.
• You Asked For It (TV episode) - Includes a race between an abacus and an electric calculator, phony spiritualists exposed, Calypso Joe, and TV wrestler Gorgeous George using his brains.
• You Asked For It (TV episode) - Includes Nevarre the Fire-Eater, touring the homes of Hollywood Stars, Mr. America, Aunt Kelly of Knott's Berry Farm, World Champion horseshoe pitching, and Buddy Ebsen dances with sister Vilma.
• You Asked For It (TV episode) - Includes Maldo the Escape Artist, a German Oompah Band, milking poisonous snakes, world's largest collection of miniatures, and a recreation of the Sullivan/La Savant fight in Paris. The Hollywood Stars segment includes a clip lasting 0:37, showing Johnny Downs at home with his family.

The Kids Of Old Hollywood (DVD)

Released Apr. 24, 2007. Contents:

Shirley Temple in Baby Burlesks:

• War Babies
• Glad Rags To Riches
• Polly Tix In Washington
• Kid 'N' Africa
• Kid In Hollywood

Shirley Temple in Frolics Of Youth:

• Merrily Yours
• What's To Do?
• Pardon My Pups

Our Gang:

• Bear Shooters (no. 98)
• School's Out (no. 102)
• Waldo's Last Stand (no. 194)