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Big Moments from
Little Pictures
(1924)

Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) with Will Rogers. Rogers parodies Blood and Sand (1922), Robin Hood (1922), Over the Hills (192?) and the Keystone Kops.

Film Preservation Associates
2002 DVD edition

Slapstick Encyclopedia (1909-1929), black & white and color-toned black & white, 1089 minutes total, not rated, including Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0699DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-06992-1.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 4.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; five standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 7 May 2002.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 6 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This quality DVD edition has been mastered from an excellent 35mm print, with some sections of print decomposition. The full-frame video transfer produces a flat grey overall image with grey highlights.

The film is accompanied by canned orchestral music, organ music, and guitar and harmonica music.

This edition is, to our knowledge, still the only complete presentation of this film on home video.

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Kino Classics
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition

Blood and Sand (1922), black & white and color-toned black & white, 104 minutes, not rated, with Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) [excerpts], black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K24333, UPC 7-38329-24333-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 11 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc edition’s supplement section includes the Blood and Sand parody from Will Rogers’ Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) from an excellent 35mm print with some quickly-passing decomposition.

The film is accompanied by a piano performance by Rodney Sauer.

The entire film is not presented here.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Regions ABC NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Kino Classics
2020 DVD edition

Blood and Sand (1922), black & white and color-toned black & white, 104 minutes, not rated, with Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) [excerpts], black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K24332, UPC 7-38329-24332-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 11 February 2020.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition’s supplement section includes the Blood and Sand parody from Will Rogers’ Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) from an excellent 35mm print with some quickly-passing decomposition.

The film is accompanied by a piano performance by Rodney Sauer.

The entire film is not presented here.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Kino on Video
2001 DVD edition

Blood and Sand (1922), black & white and color-toned black & white, 94 minutes, not rated, with Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924) [excerpts], black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K214, UPC 3-83290-21429-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 4.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 9 October 2001.
Country of origin: USA

The entire film is not presented here.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Alpha Video
2024 DVD edition

Will Rogers: Silent Comedy Classics (1922-1924), black & white, 67 minutes total, not rated, including Big Moments from Little Moments (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment,
ALP 8577D, UPC 0-89218-85779-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $8.98.
Release date: 9 January 2024.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print of the film.

The film is likely to be accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music sources.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .